His premature death came on January 8, 1967, when he was killed while jumping onto a moving Warsaw-bound train at Wrocław’s train station. Only the day before he had been informed that he was to star in the New York production of Tennessee Williams’ ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’. He is buried in Katowice's St. Peter and Paul's Parris Cemetery. His impact on Polish film cannot be underestimated, as proved in 1996 when readers of Film magazine voted him Poland’s ‘Best Actor of All Time’. A plaque commemorating his life was unveiled on platform three of Wrocław’s train station by his mentor Andrezj Wajda in 1997. Two years later a star honouring Cybulski’s achievements was unveiled on the Walk of Fame on Łódź's ul. Piotrkowska.
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