 His autobiography, "I Will Try", was on the "New York Times" bestseller list for 16 weeks after its publication in 1965.He made his home in England, and died in London on 14 October 2012.In October, 2014, an American charitable organization called "Youth of Malawi" built a primary school in the rural Malawian village of Chimphamba and named it after Legson Kayira.