Cika wannan jumla: Collins ya mutu ne sakamakon ciwon huhu a Boston, a ranar 23 ga Nuwamba, 1995. Kwana biyar bayan haka, an binne shi a hurumin St. Joseph a West Roxbury bayan jana'izar jana'izar a Boston na Holy Cross Cathedral wanda Cardinal Bernard Francis Law, Archbishop na Katolika Archdiocese na Boston (1984<unk>2002) ya yi. Abubuwan da aka wallafa a cikin "MIT Tech Talk" da kuma Associated Press, da kuma shigar da shi a cikin "The Encyclopedia of Irish in America" (1999) wanda Jami'ar Notre Dame Press ta wallafa kuma wani memba na Society of Jesus ya rubuta, ba ya ambaci cewa Hukumar Gidajen Boston ta raba gidaje na jama'a a cikin birni a lokacin da yake aiki, cewa ofishin mai tantance harajin dukiya ya aiwatar da kimantawa na wariyar launin fata, da Jami'an 'Yan Sanda na Boston amsawa ga tashin hankali na Grove Hall, ko kuma cewa Boston Banks Urban Renewal Group ya sake fasalin Blue Hill Avenue, amma kamfanin dillancin labaran Associated Press ya lura cewa manufofin sabunta birane da Collins ya aiwatar a Boston an yi koyi da su a duk faɗin Amurka. A shekara ta 2004, a wannan shekarar ne Sanata Barack Obama na jihar Illinois ya yi jawabi a taron.
Taron kasa na Jam'iyyar Democrat a Boston, gwamnatin birni ta ba da umarnin zane-zanen Collins a waje da Boston City Hall da ke kusa da tashar Cibiyar Gwamnati kuma ta sadaukar da City Hall Plaza a gare shi. Rubutun da aka zana a cikin alamar mural din bai ambaci rabuwa da kuma nuna bambancin launin fata ba game da manufofin gidaje na gwamnatin magajin garin Collins ko kuma tashin hankalin Grove Hall.