Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Collins akafa nepneumonia muBoston, pana November 23, 1995. Mazuva mashanu gare gare, akavigwa paSt. Joseph Cemetery muWest Roxbury zvichitevera Misa yemariro paBoston's Holy Cross Cathedral yakapembererwa naCardinal Bernard Francis Law, Archbishop weCatholic Archdiocese yeBoston (1984-2002). Zvinyorwa zvake zvakabudiswa mu "MIT Tech Talk" uye neAssociated Press, pamwe nekupinda kwake mu "The Encyclopedia of the Irish in America" (1999) yakabudiswa neYunivhesiti yeNotre Dame Press uye yakanyorwa nenhengo yeSosaiti yaJesu, haitauri kuti Boston Housing Authority yakanyatsoparadzanisa zvivakwa zvevanhu muguta panguva yake, kuti hofisi yake yemutero yemitero yezvivakwa yakashandisa kuongororwa kwemarudzi, kupindura kweDhipatimendi reMapurisa reBoston kumhirizhonga yeGroove Hall, kana kuti Boston Banks Urban Renewal Group yakadzokorora Blue Hill Avenue, asi Associated Press chinyorwa chakataura kuti mitemo yekuvandudzwa kwemaguta yakaitwa naCollins muBoston yakatevedzwa muUnited States. Muna 2004, gore rimwe chetero Seneta weIllinois State Barack Obama akapa hurukuro huru pa
Democratic National Convention muBoston, hurumende yeguta yakarayira mural yaCollins kunze kweBoston City Hall iri pedyo neGovernment Center station uye yakatsaurira City Hall Plaza kwaari zvakare. Mashoko akanyorwa pamadziro acho haatauri nezvemitemo yokuparadzanisa vanhu uye yokusarura maererano nedzinza yehurumende yaCollins kana kuti mhirizhonga yeGrove Hall.