Ia tusi se faaauauga o lenei palakalafa - Na maliu Collins i le niumonia i Boston, iā Novema 23, 1995. I le lima aso mulimuli ane ai, na tanu ai o ia i le St. Joseph Cemetery i West Roxbury ina ua maeʻa le Misasa Falelauasiga i le Holy Cross Cathedral i Boston na faʻamanatuina e Cardinal Bernard Francis Law, Archbishop o le Katoliko Archdiocese o Boston (1984 <unk> 2002). O ana faʻamatalaga na lolomiina i le "MIT Tech Talk" ma le Associated Press, faʻapea foʻi ma lana tusitusiga i le "The Encyclopedia of the Irish in America" (1999) na lolomiina e le University of Notre Dame Press ma tusia e se sui o le Sosaiete a Iesu, e leʻi taʻua ai o le Boston Housing Authority na vavaeʻeseina le atinaʻeina o fale lautele i le taulaga i le taimi o lona nofoaiga, o lona ofisa o lafoga lafoga na faʻatinoina iloiloga faʻailoga lanu, o le tali a le Matagaluega o Leoleo i Boston i le Grove Hall riots, poʻo le Boston Banks Urban Renewal Group na toe faʻafouina Blue Hill Avenue, ae o le Associated Press faʻamatalaga na taʻua ai o faiga faʻavae o le toe faʻafouina o taulaga na faʻatinoina e Collins i Boston na faʻataʻitaʻia i le Iunaite Setete. I le 2004, o le tausaga foʻi lenā na saunoa ai le sui sinia o le setete o Ilinoi, o Barack Obama, i le tauaofiaga a le Democratic National Convention i Boston
, na faatonuina ai e le malo o le aai se ata vali o Collins i fafo o le Maota o le Aai o Boston e sosoo ai ma le nofoaga o le Nofoaga Tutotonu a le Malo ma faapaiaina foi le City Hall Plaza ia te ia. E lē o taʻua i le faaupuga o loo vaneina i le faailoga o le ata i le puipui, faiga faaaloalo ma faiga faailogalanu a le pulega a le pulenuu o Collins, po o le vevesi i le Grove Hall.