 In 1975, during the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's centennial season, the Flynns were invited to participate in the final performance of "Trial by Jury", in which the regular D'Oyly Carte chorus was augmented by fourteen former stars of the company.The Flynns maintained a lifelong friendship with former D'Oyly Carte tenor, John Dean.Flynn died while fishing in the River Eden, in Cumbria.