Bu farw Boote ym 1974 yng [[Cas-gwent|Nghas-gwent]], yn dilyn damwain anniswgyl ac anffodus. Wrth ffilmio rhaglen i blant, fe aeth ei wisg ar dân ar ôl iddo ollwng lludw sigaréts[[sigarét]] arni, <ref name="Price2018">{{cite book|author=Gareth Price|title=Broadcasters of BBC Wales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R0xxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT202|date=12 January 2018|publisher=Y Lolfa|isbn=978-1-78461-535-2|pages=202}}</ref> a chafodd ei losgi’n ddifrifol.<ref name="Price2018">{{cite book|author=Gareth Price|title=Broadcasters of BBC Wales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R0xxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT202|date=12 January 2018|publisher=Y Lolfa|isbn=978-1-78461-535-2|pages=202}}</ref> and he was seriously burned.<ref>{{cite book|author=John Davies|title=Broadcasting and the BBC in Wales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R7kVAQAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=University of Wales Press|isbn=978-0-7083-1273-5|page=360}}</ref>
