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Art/ Entertainment Summaries

Here is a chronological list of the death dates of Top Movie Stars. Birth date, age at the time of passing, and cause of death are also given. Also included are Top Mature Stars Still Living.





1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s - 2010s

While we have been merrily living our lives, take a look at those who have left us. The numbers in parentheses are star power rankings from wikipedia, both for actors (1-25) and for actresses (1-25). I have added about 300 others, whom I have deemed worthy of inclusion.

As a reminder of the sands passing through the hourglass, what better reference points than the passing of those familiar to us all. Humble yourself - thy time cometh, as well.

1923

Wallace Reid

Apr. 15, 1892

Jan. 18, 1923

morphine addiction

-

1925

Lucille Ricksen
Jennie Lee

Aug. 22, 1910
Sep. 4, 1848

Mar. 13, 1925
Aug. 5, 1925

Overwork
?

-
-

1926

Rudolph Valentino

May 6, 1895

Aug. 23, 1926

appenditis, peritonitis

HF

1927

George Nichols

Sep. 20, 1927

?

-

1928

George Siegmann

Feb. 8, 1882

June 22, 1928

?

-

1929

Gladys Brockwell

Sep. 26, 1893

Jul. 2, 1929

auto accident, peritonitis

-

1930

Mabel Normand
Lon Chaney, Sr.

Nov. 9, 1892
Apr. 1, 1883

Feb. 23, 1930
Aug. 26, 1930

tuberculosis
throat hemorrhage

CC
FLG

1931

Tyrone Power, Sr.

May 2, 1869

Dec. 23, 1931

heart attack

-

1932

Belle Bennett

Apr. 22, 1891

Nov. 4, 1932

cancer

VMP

1933

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
Renee Adoree
Texas Guinan

Mar. 24, 1887
Sept. 30, 1898
Jan. 12, 1884

Jun. 29, 1933
Oct. 5, 1933
Nov. 5, 1933

heart attack
tuberculosis
amoebic dysentery

PO
HF
NY

1934

Marie Dressler

Nov. 9, 1868

Jul. 28, 1934

?

FLG

1935

Thelma Todd

Jul. 29, 1906

Dec. 16, 1935

suicide? murder?

MA

1936

John Gilbert

Jul. 10, 1897

Jan. 9, 1936

alcohol. heart attack

FLG

1937

Marie Prevost
Jean Harlow

Nov. 8, 1898
Mar. 3, 1911

Jan. 21, 1937
Jun. 7, 1937

heart failure, alcohol
cerebral edema, kidney failure

HF
FLG

1938

Pearl White

Mar. 4, 1889

Aug. 4, 1938

cirrhosis

FR

1939

Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.

May 23, 1883

Dec. 12, 1939

heart attack

HF

1940

Ben Turpin
Tom Mix
Agnes Ayres

Sep. 19, 1869
Jan. 6, 1880
Apr. 4, 1892

Jul. 1, 1940
Oct. 12, 1940
Dec. 25, 1940

heart attack
auto accident
cerebral hemorrhage

FLG
FLG
HF

1941

Helen Morgan

Aug. 2, 1900

Oct. 9, 1941

cirrhosis

-

1942

Carole Lombard
John Barrymore
May Robson
Buck Jones

Oct. 6, 1908
Feb. 15, 1882
Apr. 19, 1858
Dec. 12, 1891

Jan. 16, 1942
May 29, 1942
Oct. 20, 1942
Nov. 30, 1942

plane crash
cirrhosis, heart failure
natural causes
cocoanut grove fire

-
-
-
-

1943

Conrad Veidt
Leslie Howard

Jan. 22, 1893
Apr. 3, 1893

Apr, 3, 1943
Jun. 1, 1943

heart attack
shot down

-
-

1944

Lupe Velez
Harry Langdon

Jul. 18, 1908
Jun. 15, 1884

Dec. 14, 1944
Dec. 22, 1944

suicide
cerebral hemorrhage

-
-

1945

Lucille La Verne

Nov. 8, 1872

Mar. 4, 1945

cancer

IP

1946

Noah Beery
Mae Busch
Lionel Atwill

Jan. 17, 1882
Jun. 18, 1891
Mar. 1, 1885

Apr. 1, 1946
Apr. 20, 1946
Apr. 22, 1946

herat attack
cancer
pneumonia

-
-
-

1947

Harry Carey, Sr.

Jan. 16, 1878

Sep. 21, 1947

lung cancer, emphysema

-

1948

Edgar Kennedy
C. Aubrey Smith

Apr. 26, 1890
Jul. 21, 1863

Nov. 9, 1948
Dec. 20, 1948

throat cancer
pneumonia

HCC
-

1949

Wallace Berry
Frank Morgan
Richard Dix
Luthor "Bill" Robinson

Apr. 1, 1885
Jun. 1, 1890
Jul. 18, 1893
May 25, 1878

Apr. 15, 1949
Sep. 18, 1949
Sep. 20, 1949
Nov. 25, 1949

heart attack
heart attack
heart attack
heart failure

-
-
-
-

1950

Al Jolson

May 26, 1886

Oct. 23, 1950

heart attack

-

1951

Robert Walker

Oct. 13, 1918

Aug. 28, 1951

sodium amytal reaction

-

1952

Curly Howard
John Garfield
Hattie McDaniel

Oct. 22, 1903
Mar. 4, 1913
June 10, 1895

Jan. 18, 1942
May 21, 1952
Oct. 26, 1952

cerebral hemmorhage
bad heart
breast cancer

-
-
-

1953

Nigel Bruce

Feb. 4, 1895

Oct. 8, 1953

heart attack

-

1954

Sydney Greenstreet
Lionel Barrymore
Gladys George

Dec. 27, 1879
Apr. 28, 1878
Sep. 13, 1904

Jan. 18, 1954
Nov. 15, 1954
Dec. 8, 1954

diabetes
heart attack
cerebral hemmorhage

-
-
HF

1955

Carmen Miranda
James Dean (18)
John Hodiak
Shemp Howard

Feb. 9, 1909
Feb. 8, 1931
Apr. 16, 1914
Mar. 4, 1895

Aug. 5, 1955
Sep. 30, 1955
Oct. 19, 1955
Nov. 22, 1955

heart attack
auto accident
heart attack
heart attack

-
-
-
-

1956

Edward Arnold
Louis Calhern
Bela Lugosi

Feb. 18, 1890
Feb. 19, 1895
Oct. 20, 1882

Apr. 25, 1956
May 12, 1956
Aug. 16, 1956

cerebral hemmorhage
heart attack
heart attack

-
HF
HCC

1957

Humphrey Bogart (1)
Gene Lockhart
Oliver Hardy
Norma Talmadge

Dec. 25, 1899
Jul. 18, 1891
Jan. 18, 1892
May 2, 1894

Jan. 14, 1957
Mar. 31, 1957
Aug. 7, 1957
Dec. 24, 1957

esophagus cancer

cancer, strokes
strokes, pneumonia

FLG
HCC
-
HF

1958

Edna Purviance
Ronald Colman
Robert Donat
Tyrone Power

Oct. 21, 1895
Feb. 9, 1891
Mar. 18, 1905
May 5, 1914

Jan. 11, 1958
May 19, 1958
Jun. 9, 1958
Nov. 15, 1958

cancer
lung infection
brain tumor
heart attack

-
-
-
-

1959

Carl Switzer
Lou Costello
James Gleason
Ethel Barrymore
Edmund Gwenn
Paul Douglas
Errol Flynn
Victor McLaglen

Aug. 7, 1927
Mar. 6, 1906
May 23, 1882
Aug. 15, 1879
Sep. 26, 1877
Apr. 11, 1907
June 20, 1909
Dec. 10, 1886

Jan. 21, 1959
Mar. 3, 1959
Apr. 12, 1959
June 18, 1959
Sep. 6, 1959
Sep. 11, 1959
Oct. 14, 1959
Nov. 7, 1959

homicide
heart attack
asthma complications
cardiovascular disease
stroke, pneumonia
heart attack
heart attack
heart attack

HF
-
-
-
-
-
FLG
FLG

1960

Ward Bond
Clark Gable (7)

Apr. 9, 1903
Feb. 1, 1901

Nov. 5, 1960
Nov. 16, 1960

heart attack
heart attack

-
FLG

1961

Barry Fitzgerald
Gary Cooper (11)
Jeff Chandler
Charles Coburn
Leo Carrillo
Marion Davies

Mar. 10, 1888
May 7, 1901
Dec. 15, 1918
June 19, 1877
Aug. 6, 1881
Jan. 3, 1897

Jan. 14, 1961
May 13, 1961
June 17, 1961
Aug. 30, 1961
Sep. 10, 1961
Sep. 22, 1961

heart failure
prostate cancer
back surgery malpractice
heart attack
cancer
bone cancer

-
-
-
-
-
HF

1962

Marilyn Monroe (6)
Frank Lovejoy
Charles Laughton
Thomas Mitchell

Jun. 1, 1926
Mar. 28, 1912
Jul. 1, 1899
Jul. 11, 1892

Aug. 5, 1962
Oct. 2, 1962
Dec. 15, 1962
Dec. 17, 1962

barbiturate poisoning
heart attack
bone cancer
bone cancer

-
HCC
-
-

1963

Jack Carson
Dick Powell
ZaSu Pitts
Richard Barthelmess
Adolphe Menjou

Oct. 27, 1910
Nov. 14, 1904
Jan. 3, 1894
May 9, 1895
Feb. 18, 1890

Jan. 2, 1963
Jan. 2, 1963
Jun. 7, 1963
Aug. 17, 1963
Oct. 29, 1963

stomach cancer
lymphoma
cancer - unspecified
cancer
hepatitis

-
-
HCC
NY
HF

1964

Alan Ladd
Peter Lorre
Cedric Hardwicke
Eddie Cantor
Percy Kilbride
William Bendix

Sep. 3, 1913
June 26, 1904
Feb. 19, 1893
Jan. 31, 1892
July 16, 1888
Jan. 14, 1906

Jan. 29, 1964
Mar. 23, 1964
Aug. 6, 1964
Oct. 10, 1964
Dec. 11, 1964
Dec. 14, 1964

probable suicide
stroke
emphysema
heart attack
hit by car
bad stomach, pneumonia

-
HF
-
-
-
-

1965

Jeanette McDonald
Stan Laurel
Margaret Dumont
Linda Darnell
Ray Collins
Clara Bow
Zachary Scott

Jun. 18, 1903
June 16, 1890
Oct. 20, 1882
Oct. 16, 1923
Dec. 10, 1889
Jul. 29, 1905
Feb. 21, 1914

Jan. 14, 1965
Feb. 23, 1965
Mar. 6, 1965
Apr. 10, 1965
Jul. 11, 1965
Sep. 27, 1965
Oct. 3, 1965

bad heart
heart attack
heart attack
burned in fire
emphysema
heart attack
brain tumor

FLG
-
-
-
-
FLG
-

1966

Herbert Marshall
Buster Keaton (21)
Montgomery Clift
Francis X. Bushman
Clifton Webb

May 23, 1890
Oct. 4, 1895
Oct. 17, 1920
Jan. 10, 1883
Nov. 11, 1889

Jan. 22, 1966
Feb. 1, 1966
Jul. 23, 1966
Aug. 23, 1966
Oct. 13, 1966

heart attack
lung cancer
heart attack
heart attack
heart attack

-
-
-
FLG
HF

1967

Ann Sheridan
Nelson Eddy
Claude Rains
Spencer Tracy (9)
Jane Mansfield
Vivien Leigh (16)
Basil Rathbone
Paul Muni
Jobyna Ralston

Feb. 21, 1915
Jun. 29, 1901
Nov. 10, 1889
Apr. 5, 1900
Apr. 19, 1933
Nov. 5, 1913
June 13, 1892
Sep. 22, 1895
Nov. 21, 1900

Jan. 21, 1967
Mar. 6, 1967
May 30, 1967
Jun. 10, 1967
Jun. 29, 1967
Jul. 7, 1967
Jul. 21, 1967
Aug. 25, 1967
Nov. 21, 1967

esophagus cancer
cerebral hemorrhage
abdominal hemorrhage
heart attack
auto accident
tuberculosis
heart attack
heart disorder
strokes, pneumonia

-
HF
-
FLG
HF
-
-
HF
-

1968

Fay Bainter
Dan Duryea
Franchot Tone
Ramon Novarro
Wendell Corey
Tallulah Bankhead

Dec. 7, 1893
Jan. 23, 1907
Feb. 27, 1905
Feb. 6, 1899
Mar. 20, 1914
Jan. 31, 1902

Apr. 16, 1968
June 7, 1968
Sep. 18, 1968
Oct. 30, 1968
Nov. 8, 1968
Dec. 12, 1968

pneumonia
cancer
lung cancer
murdered by 2 boys
cirrhosis of the liver
pneumonia, emphysema

-
-
-
-
-
-

1969

Boris Karloff
Thelma Ritter
Robert Taylor
Judy Garland (8)
Rod La Rocque

Nõv. 23, 1887
Feb. 14, 1902
Aug. 5, 1911
Jun. 10, 1922
Nov. 29, 1898

Feb. 2, 1969
Feb. 5, 1969
Jun. 8, 1969
Jun. 22, 1969
Oct. 15, 1969

emphysema, pneumonia
heart attack
lung cancer
barbiturate poisoning
unspecified

-
-
-
-
-

1970

Conrad Nagel
William Hopper
William Beaudine
Billie Burke
Chester Morris
Charles Ruggles

Mar. 16, 1897
Jan. 26, 1915
Jan. 15, 1892
Aug. 7, 1884
Feb. 16, 1901
Feb. 8, 1886

Feb. 24, 1970
Mar. 6, 1970
Mar. 18, 1970
May 14, 1970
Sep. 11, 1970
Dec. 23, 1970

unspecified
heart attack
uremic poisoning
Alzheimer's
suicide (cancer)
cancer

HF
-
-
FLG

1971

Harold Lloyd
Glenda Farrell
Van Heflin
Spring Byington

Apr. 20, 1893
Jun. 30, 1904
Dec. 13, 1910
Oct. 17, 1886

Mar. 8, 1971
May 1, 1971
Jul. 23, 1971
Sept. 7, 1971

prostate cancer
lung cancer
heart attack
cancer - unspecified

-
-
-
-

1972

Brian Donlevy
George Sanders
Margaret Rutherford
Brandon DeWilde
William Boyd
Miriam Hopkins
Leo G. Carroll

Feb. 9, 1901
Jul. 3, 1906
May 11, 1892
Apr. 9, 1942
Jun. 5, 1895
Oct. 18, 1902
Oct.25, 1892

Apr. 5, 1972
Apr. 25, 1972
May 22, 1972
Jul. 6, 1972
Sep. 12, 1972
Oct. 9, 1972
Oct. 16, 1972

throat cancer
suicide by Nembutol
Alzheimer's
auto accident
Parkinson's, heart failure
heart attack
cancer, pneumonia

-
-
-
-
-
-
-

1973

Edward G. Robinson (24)
Betty Grable
Veronica Lake
Lon Cheney, Jr.
Jack Hawkins
Laurence Harvey

Dec. 12, 1893
Dec. 18, 1916
Nov. 14, 1922
Feb. 10, 1906
Sep. 14, 1910
Oct. 1, 1928

Jan. 26, 1973
Jul. 2, 1973
Jul. 7, 1973
Jul. 12, 1973
Jul 18, 1973
Nov. 25, 1973

cancer
lung cancer
hepatitis, renal failure
heart failure
throat cancer
stomach cancer

-
-
-
-
-
-

1974

Bud Abbott
Agnes Moorehead
Walter Brennan
Jack Benny

Oct. 2, 1895
Dec. 6, 1900
Jul. 25, 1894
Feb. 14, 1894

Apr. 24, 1974
Apr. 30, 1974
Sept. 21, 1974
Dec. 26, 1974

prostate cancer
uterine cancer
emphysema
pancreatic cancer

-
-
-
-

1975

Larry Fine
Susan Hayward
Marjorie Main
Fredric March
Richard Conte
Moe Howard

Oct. 5, 1902
June 30, 1917
Feb. 24, 1890
Aug. 31, 1897
Mar. 24, 1910
June 19, 1897

Jan. 24, 1975
Mar. 14, 1975
Apr. 10, 1975
Apr. 14, 1975
Apr. 15, 1975
May 5, 1975

strokes
brain cancer
lung cancer
cancer
heart attack
lung cancer

-
-
-
-
-
-

1976

Lee J. Cobb
Rosalind Russell

Dec. 8, 1911
June 4, 1907

Feb. 11, 1976
Nov. 28, 1976

heart attack
breast cancer

-
HCC

1977

Peter Finch
Joan Crawford (10)
Groucho Marx (23)
Ethel Waters
Bing Crosby
Charlie Chaplin (10)

Sep. 28, 1916
Mar. 23, 1908
Oct. 2, 1890
Oct. 31, 1896
May 3, 1903
Apr. 16, 1889

Jan. 14, 1977
May 10, 1977
Aug. 19, 1977
Sep. 1, 1977
Oct. 14, 1977
Dec. 25, 1977

heart attack
heart attack
pneumonia
heart disease
heart attack
neuro failure

HF
-
-
-
HCC
-

1978

Charles Boyer
Dan Dailey
Chill Wills

Aug. 28, 1899
Dec. 14, 1915
Jul. 18, 1902

Aug. 26, 1978
Oct. 16, 1978
Dec. 15, 1978

seconal suicide
anemia
cancer

HCC
-
-

1979

George Brent
Mary Pickford (24)
Jim Hutton
John Wayne (13)
Darla Hood
Merle Oberon
Ann Dvorak
Joan Blondell

Mar. 15, 1899
Apr. 8, 1892
May 31, 1934
May 26, 1907
Nov. 4, 1931
Feb. 18, 1911
Aug. 2, 1911
Aug. 30, 1906

May 26, 1979
May 29, 1979
Jun. 2, 1979
June 11, 1979
June 13, 1979
Nov. 23, 1979
Dec. 10, 1979
Dec. 25, 1979

emphysema
cerebral hemorrhage
liver cancer
stomach cancer
operation, hepatitis
stroke
stomach cancer
leukemia

-
FLG
-
-
HF
-
-
FLG

40

190 - 768

120

120

40

198

50

1980

Jimmy Durante
Dick Haymes
Peter Sellers
Steve McQueen
Mae West (15)
George Raft

Feb. 10, 1893
Sep. 13, 1918
Sep. 8, 1925
Mar. 24, 1930
Aug. 17, 1893
Sep. 26, 1895

Jan. 29, 1980
Mar. 28, 1980
Jul. 24, 1980
Nov. 7, 1980
Nov. 22, 1980
Nov. 24, 1980

pneumonia
lung cancer
heart attacks
mesothelioma
strokes
leukemia

HCC
-
-
PO
-
-

1981

Richard Boone
Melvyn Douglas
Vera-Ellen
Robert Montgomery
Gloria Grahame
William Holden (25)
Natalie Wood

Jun. 18, 1917
Apr. 5, 1901
Feb. 16, 1921
May 21, 1904
Nov. 28, 1923
Apr. 17, 1918
Jul. 20, 1938

Jan. 10, 1981
Aug. 4, 1981
Aug. 30, 1981
Sep. 27, 1981
Oct. 5, 1981
Nov. 12, 1981
Nov. 29, 1981

throat cancer, pneumonia
pneumonia
cancer
cancer
stomach cancer
bled to death
drowned

-
-
-
-
-
-
-

1982

Hans Conried
Freddy Bartholomew
Eleanor Powell
Virginia Bruce
Curt Jurgens
Henry Fonda (6)
Ingrid Bergman (4)
Grace Kelly (13)
Fernando Lamas

Apr. 15, 1917
Mar. 28, 1924
Nov. 21, 1912
Sep. 29, 1910
Dec. 13, 1915
May 16, 1905
Aug. 29, 1915
Nov. 12, 1929
Jan. 6, 1915

Jan. 5, 1982
Jan. 23, 1992
Feb. 11, 1982
Feb. 24, 1982
Jun. 18, 1982
Aug. 12, 1982
Aug. 28, 1982
Sep. 14, 1982
Oct. 8, 1982

cardiovascular disease
emphysema
cancer
cancer
heart attack
heart disease
breast cancer
auto accident
pancreatic cancer

-
-
HF
-
-
-
-
-
-

1983

Gloria Swanson
Dolores Del Rio
Norma Shearer
Raymond Massey
David Niven
Carolyn Jones
Pat O'Brien

Mar. 27, 1899
Aug. 3, 1905
Aug. 10, 1902
Aug. 30, 1896
Mar. 1, 1910
Apr. 28, 1930
Nov. 11, 1899

Apr. 4, 1983
Apr. 11, 1983
June 12, 1983
Jul. 29, 1983
Jul. 29, 1983
Aug. 3, 1983
Oct. 15, 1983

heart ailment
liver disease
pneumonia/ Alzheimer's
pneumonia
ALS (Lou Gehrig's)
colon cancer
heart attack

-
-
-
CT
-
-
HCC

1984

Ethel Merman
Jackie Coogan
William Powell
Sam Jaffe
Flora Robson
James Mason
Richard Burton
Janet Gaynor
Walter Pidgeon
Peter Lawford

Jan. 16, 1908
Oct. 26, 1914
Jul. 29, 1892
Mar. 10, 1891
Mar. 28, 1902
May 15, 1909
Nov. 10, 1925
Oct. 6, 1906
Sep.23, 1897
Sep. 7, 1923

Feb. 15, 1984
Mar. 1, 1984
Mar. 5, 1984
Mar. 24, 1984
Jul. 7, 1984
Jul. 27, 1984
Aug. 5, 1984
Sep. 14, 1984
Sep. 25, 1984
Dec. 24, 1984

glioblastoma
cardiac arrest
cardiac arrest
cancer
cancer (?)
heart attack
cerebral hemor.
auto accid. complications
stroke
cardiac arrest - substance

-
HCC
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

1985

Louise Brooks
Ruth Gordon
Rock Hudson
Yul Brenner
Orson Welles (16)
Anne Baxter

Nov. 4, 1906
Oct. 30, 1896
Nov. 17, 1925
Jul. 11, 1920
May 6, 1915
May 7, 1923

Aug. 8, 1985
Aug. 28, 1985
Oct. 2, 1985
Oct. 10, 1985
Oct. 10, 1985
Dec. 12, 1985

heart attack
stroke
AIDS
lung cancer
heart attack
brain aneurysm

-
-
-
-
-
-

1986

Una Merkel
Donna Reed
Ray Milland
James Cagney (8)
Sterling Hayden
Cary Grant (2)
Elsa Lanchester

Dec. 10, 1903
Jan. 27, 1921
Jan. 3, 1907
Jul. 17, 1899
Mar. 26, 1916
Jan. 18, 1904
Oct. 28, 1902

Jan. 2, 1986
Jan. 14, 1986
Mar. 10, 1986
Mar. 30, 1986
May 23, 1986
Nov. 29, 1986
Dec. 26, 1986

undisclosed
pancreatic cancer
lung cancer
heart attack
prostate cancer
cerebral hemorrhage
pneumonia

-
-
-
-
-
-
-

1987

Danny Kaye
Rita Hayworth (19)
Hermione Gingold
Fred Astaire (5)
Jackie Gleason
John Huston
Lee Marvin
Mary Astor
Alice Terry

Jan. 18, 1913
Oct. 17, 1918
Dec. 9, 1897
May 10, 1899
Feb. 26, 1916
Aug. 5, 1906
Feb. 19, 1924
May 3, 1906
Jul. 29, 1899

Mar. 3, 1987
May 14, 1987
May 24, 1987
June 22, 1987
June 24, 1987
Aug. 28, 1987
Aug. 29, 1987
Sep. 25, 1987
Dec. 22, 1987

heart attack
Alzheimer's disease
fall, heart, pneumonia
pneumonia
cancer
emphysema, heart attack
heart attack
emphysema
pneumonia

-
HCC
-
-
-
HF
-
HCC
-

1988

Colleen Moore
Heather O'Rourke
Lois Wilson
John Carradine

Aug. 19, 1899
Dec. 27, 1975
Jun. 28, 1894
Feb. 5, 1906

Jan. 25, 1988
Feb. 1, 1988
Mar. 3, 1988
Nov. 27, 1988

cancer
bowel obstruction
pneumonia
natural causes

-
-
FLG
-

1989

Randolph Scott
Lucille Ball
Jim Backus
Laurence Olivier (14)
Bette Davis (2)
Cornel Wilde
John Payne

Jan. 23, 1898
Aug. 6, 1911
Feb. 25, 1913
May 22, 1907
Apr. 5, 1908
Oct. 13, 1915
May 28, 1912

Mar. 2, 1987
Apr. 26, 1989
Jul. 3, 1989
Jul. 11, 1989
Oct. 6, 1989
Oct. 16, 1989
Dec. 6, 1989

Congestive HF
ruptured aorta
pneumonia/ Parkinson's
renal failure
breast cancer
leukemia
Congestive HF

-
-
-
-
-
-
-

1990

Barbara Stanwyck (11)
Ava Gardner (25)
Greta Garbo (5)
Paulette Goddard
Charles Farrell
Rex Harrison
Irene Dunne
Joel McCrea
Joan Bennett

Jul. 16, 1907
Dec. 24, 1922
Sep. 18, 1905
June 3, 1910
Aug. 9, 1901
Mar. 5, 1908
Dec. 20, 1898
Nov. 5, 1905
Feb. 27, 1910

Jan. 20, 1990
Jan. 25, 1990
Apr. 15, 1990
Apr. 23, 1990
May 6, 1990
June 2, 1990
Sep. 4, 1990
Oct. 20, 1990
Dec. 7, 1990

heart failure
pneumonia
pneumonia
emphysema
heart attack
pancreatic cancer
heart failure
pneumonia
heart attack

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

1991

Vilma Banky
Jean Arthur
Lee Remick
Regis Toomey
Fred MacMurray
Gene Tierney
Eleanor Boardman

Jan. 9, 1901
Oct. 17, 1900
Dec. 14, 1935
Aug. 13, 1898
Aug. 30, 1908
Nov. 19, 1920
Aug. 19, 1898

Mar. 18, 1991
Jun. 19, 1991
Jul. 2, 1991
Oct. 12, 1991
Nov. 5, 1991
Nov. 6, 1991
Dec. 12, 1991

cardiopulmonary failure
heart failure
kidney and liver cancer
natural causes
pneumonia
emphysema
natural causes

-
-
-
-
HCC
-
-

1992

Jose Ferrer
Mae Clarke
Marlene Dietrich (9)
Robert Morley
Dana Andrews

Jan. 8, 1912
Aug. 16, 1910
Dec. 27, 1901
May 26, 1908
Jan. 1, 1909

Jan. 26, 1992
Apr. 29, 1992
May 6, 1992
June 3, 1992
Dec. 17, 1992

colon cancer
cancer
renal failure
stroke
CHF, pneumonia

-
-
-
-
-

1993

Audrey Hepburn (3)
Lillian Gish (17)
Helen Hayes
Mary Philbin
Alexis Smith
Stewart Granger
Vincent Price
Myrna Loy

May 4, 1929
Oct. 14, 1893
Oct. 10, 1900
Jul. 16, 1903
June 8, 1921
May 6, 1913
May 27, 1911
Aug. 2, 1905

Jan. 20, 1993
Feb. 27, 1993
Mar. 17, 1993
May 7, 1993
June 9, 1993
Aug. 16, 1993
Oct. 25, 1993
Dec. 14, 1993

abdominal cancer
natural causes
congestive heart failure
pneumonia
brain cancer
prostate cancer
emphysema, Parkinson's
surgery

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

1994

Cesar Romero
Joseph Cotten
George Peppard
Gilbert Roland
Barry Sullivan
Jessica Tandy
Tom Ewell
Burt Lancaster (19)

Feb. 15, 1907
May 15, 1905
Oct. 1, 1928
Dec. 11, 1905
Aug. 29, 1912
June 7, 1909
Apr. 29, 1909
Nov. 2, 1913

Jan. 1, 1994
Feb. 6, 1994
May 8, 1994
May 15, 1994
June 6, 1994
Sep. 11, 1994
Sep. 12, 1994
Oct. 20, 1994

pneumonia
throat cancer, pneumonia
lung cancer
cancer
respiratory failure
ovarian cancer
undisclosed
3rd heart attack

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

1995

Burl Ives
Ginger Rogers (14)
Lana Turner
Eva Gabor
Patsy Ruth Miller
Ida Lupino
Butterfly McQueen
Dean Martin

Jun. 14, 1909
Jul. 16, 1911
Feb. 8, 1921
Feb. 11, 1919
Jan. 17, 1904
Feb. 4, 1918
Jan. 8, 1911
June 7, 1917

Apr. 14, 1995
Apr. 25, 1995
June 29, 1995
Jul. 4, 1995
Jul. 16, 1995
Aug. 3, 1995
Dec. 22, 1995
Dec. 25, 1995

mouth cancer
heart failure
throat cancer
pneumonia
myocardial infarction
stroke/ cancer
kerosene burns
lung cancer, resp. failure

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

1996

Gene Kelly (15)
Martin Balsam
Lyle Talbot
Greer Garson
Ben Johnson
Maureen O'Sullivan
Claudette Colbert (12)
Joanne Dru
Dorothy Lamour
Lew Ayres

Aug. 23, 1912
Nov. 4, 1919
Feb. 8, 1902
Sept. 29, 1904
Jun. 13, 1918
May 17, 1911
Sep. 13, 1903
Jan. 31, 1922
Dec. 10, 1914
Dec. 28, 1908

Feb. 2, 1996
Feb. 13, 1996
Mar. 2, 1996
Apr. 6, 1996
Apr. 8, 1996
Jun. 23, 1996
Jul. 30, 1996
Sep. 10, 1996
Sep. 22, 1996
Dec. 30, 1996

stroke
heart attack
unspecified
heart failure
heart attack
heart surgery
strokes
lymphodema
heart attack
coma complications

-
-
-
-
-
NY
-
PO
-
-

1997

Robert Mitchum (23)
James Stewart (3)
Burgess Meredith
Red Skelton

Aug. 6, 1917
May 20, 1906
Nov. 16, 1907
Jul. 18, 1913

Jul. 1, 1997
Jul. 2, 1997
Sep. 9, 1997
Sept. 17, 1997

lung cancer
heart failure
Alzheimer's, melanoma
pneumonia

-
FLG
-
-

1998

Lloyd Bridges
Alice Faye
John Derek
Maureen O'Sullivan
Roy Rogers
Robert Young
Roddy McDowall

Jan. 15, 1913
May 5, 1915
Aug. 12, 1926
May 11, 1911
Nov. 5, 1911
Feb. 22, 1907
Sep. 17, 1928

Mar. 10, 1998
May 9, 1998
May 22, 1998
June 23, 1998
Jul. 6, 1998
Jul. 21, 1998
Oct. 3, 1998

natural causes
stomach cancer
cardiovascular disease
heart surgery
heart failure
respiratory failure
lung cancer

-
-
-
-
-
-
-

1999

Iron Eyes Cody
Ellen Corby
Rory Calhoun
Sylvia Sidney
Victor Mature
George C. Scott

Apr. 3, 1904
Jun. 3, 1911
Aug. 8, 1922
Aug. 8, 1910
Jan. 29, 1913
Oct. 18, 1927

Jan. 4, 1999
Apr. 14, 1999
Apr. 28, 1999
Jul. 1, 1999
Aug. 4, 1999
Sep. 22, 1999

unspecified
natural causes
emphysema
throat cancer
leukemia
ruptured aorta

HF
FLG
-
-
-
-

2000

Hedy Lamarr
Claire Trevor
Walter Mathau
Alec Guinness
Loretta Young
Julie London
Jason Robards

Nov. 9, 1914
Mar. 8, 1910
Oct. 1, 1920
Apr. 2, 1914
Jan. 6, 1913
Sep. 26, 1926
Jul. 26, 1922

Jan. 19, 2000
Apr. 8, 2000
Jul. 1, 2000
Aug. 5, 2000
Aug. 12, 2000
Oct. 18, 2000
Dec. 26, 2000

natural causes
respiratory failure
cardiac arrest
liver cancer
ovarian cancer
stroke, then decline
lung cancer

-
-
-
-
HCC
-
-

2001

Ann Southern
Anthony Quinn
Jack Lemmon

Jan. 22, 1909
Apr. 21, 1915
Feb. 8, 1925

Mar. 15, 2001
Jun. 3, 2001
Jun. 27, 2001

heart failure
pneumonia
colon cancer

-
-
-

2002

Katy Jurado
Rod Steiger
Richard Harris
James Coburn

Jan. 16, 1924
Apr. 14, 1925
Oct. 1, 1930
Aug. 31, 1928

Jul. 5, 2002
Jul. 9, 2002
Oct. 25, 2002
Nov. 18, 2002

kidney failure, lung disease
pneumonia
Hodgkins disease
heart attack

-
-
-
-

2003

Robert Stack
Gregory Peck (12)
Hume Cronyn
Katherine Hepburn (1)
Buddy Ebsen
Bob Hope
Charles Bronson
Donald O'Connor
Jeanne Crain
Alan Bates

Jan. 13, 1919
Apr. 5, 1916
Jul. 11, 1911
May 12, 1907
Apr. 2, 1908
May 29, 1903
Nov. 3, 1921
Aug. 28, 1925
May 25, 1925
Feb. 17, 1934

May 14, 2003
June 12, 2003
June 15, 2003
June 29, 2003
Jul. 6, 2003
Jul. 27, 2003
Aug. 30, 2003
Sept. 27, 2003
Dec. 14, 2003
Dec. 27, 2003

cancer, heart attack
pneumonia
prostate cancer
natural causes
pneumonia
natural causes
Alzheimer's, pneumonia
congestive H.F.
heart attack
pancreatic cancer

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

2004

Ann Miller
Mercedes McCambridge
Jan Sterling
Peter Ustinov
Tony Randall
Ronald Reagan
Marlon Brando (4)
Fay Wray
Janet Leigh
Howard Keel
John D. Barrymore

Apr. 12, 1923
Mar. 16, 1916
Apr. 3, 1921
Apr. 16, 1921
Feb. 26, 1920
Feb. 6, 1911
Apr. 3, 1924
Sep. 15, 1907
Jul. 6, 1927
Apr. 13, 1919
Jun. 4, 1932

Jan. 22, 2004
Mar. 2, 2004
Mar. 26, 2004
Mar. 28, 2004
May 17, 2004
June 5, 2004
Jul. 1, 2004
Aug. 8, 2004
Oct. 3, 2004
Nov. 7, 2004
Nov. 29, 2004

cancer
natural causes
broken hip, strokes
heart failure
pneumonia
Alzheimer's
respiratory failure
natural causes
cardiac arrest
colon cancer
cancer

HCC
-
-
-
-
-
-
HF
-
-
-

2005

Virginia Mayo
Teresa Wright
Eddie Albert
Anne Bancroft
June Haver

Nov. 30, 1920
Oct. 27, 1918
Apr. 22, 1906
Sep. 17, 1931
Jun. 10, 1926

Jan. 17, 2005
Mar. 6, 2005
May 26, 2005
Jun. 6, 2005
Jul. 4, 2005

natural causes
heart attack
pneumonia
uterine cancer
respiratory failure

-
-
-
-
HCC

2006

Shelly Winters
Anthony Franciosa
Don Knotts
Dennis Weaver
June Allyson
Glenn Ford
Jane Wyatt
Jack Palance
Peter Boyle

Aug. 18, 1920
Oct. 25, 1928
Jul. 21, 1924
Jun. 4, 1924
Oct. 7, 1917
May 1, 1916
Aug. 12, 1910
Feb. 18, 1919
Oct. 18, 1935

Jan. 14, 2006
Jan. 19, 2006
Feb. 24, 2006
Feb. 24, 2006
Jul. 8, 2006
Aug. 30, 2006
Oct. 20, 2006
Nov. 10, 2006
Dec. 12, 2006

heart attack
stroke
lung cancer
lung cancer
respiratory failure
strokes
natural causes
natural causes
multiple myeloma

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

2007

Yvonne De Carlo
Betty Hutton
Jane Wyman
Deborah Kerr

Sep. 1, 1922
Feb. 26, 1921
Jan. 5, 1917
Sep. 30, 1921

Jan. 8, 2007
Mar. 11, 2007
Sep. 10, 2007
Oct. 16, 2007

natural causes
colon cancer
natural causes
Parkinson's

-
-
-
-

2008

Richard Widmark
Charlton Heston
Mel Ferrer
Cyd Charisse
Anita Page
Paul Newman
Van Johnson

Dec. 26, 1914
Oct. 4, 1923
Aug. 25, 1917
Mar. 8, 1922
Aug. 4, 1910
Jan. 26, 1925
Aug. 25, 1916

Mar. 24, 2008
Apr. 5, 2008
June 2, 2008
June 17, 2008
Sep. 6, 2008
Sep. 26, 2008
Dec. 12, 2008

unspecified
pneumonia
heart failure
heart attack
natural causes
lung cancer
natural causes

-
-
-
-
HCC
-
-

2009

Ricardo Montalban
James Whitmore
Betsy Blair
Karl Malden
Gene Barry
Jennifer Jones

Nov. 25, 1920
Oct. 1, 1921
Dec. 11, 1923
Mar. 22, 1912
June 14, 1919
Mar. 2, 1919

Jan. 14, 2009
Feb. 6, 2009
Mar. 13, 2009
July 1, 2009
Dec. 9, 2009
Dec. 17, 2009

congestive H.F.
lung cancer
cancer
natural causes
fall while in care
natural causes

HCC
-
-
-
-
-

2010

Jean Simmons
Kathryn Grayson
Peter Graves
Fess Parker
Robert Culp
June Havoc

John Forsythe
Lynn Redgrave
Lena Horne
Dennis Hopper

Patricia Neal
Kevin McCarthy
Gloria Stuart
Tony Curtis

Barbara Billingsley
James MacArthur
Jill Clayburgh
Leslie Nielsen

Jan. 31, 1929
Feb. 8, 1922
Mar. 18, 1926
Aug. 16, 1924
Aug. 16, 1930
Nov. 8, 1912

Jan. 29, 1918
Mar. 8, 1943
Jun. 30, 1917
May 17, 1936

Jan. 20, 1926
Feb. 15, 1914
Jul. 4, 1910
Jun. 3, 1925

Dec. 22, 1915
Dec. 8, 1937
Apr. 30, 1944
Feb. 11, 1926

Jan. 22, 2010
Feb. 17, 2010
Mar. 14, 2010
Mar. 18, 2010
Mar. 24, 2010
Mar. 28, 2010

Apr. 1, 2010
May 2, 2010
May 9, 2010
May 29, 2010

Aug. 8, 2010
Sep. 11, 2010
Sep. 26, 2010
Sep. 29, 2010

Oct. 16, 2010
Oct. 28, 2010
Nov. 5, 2010
Nov. 28, 2010

80
88
83
85
79
97

92
67
92
74

84
96
100
85

94
72
66
84

lung cancer
in her sleep
heart attack
natural causes
heart attack
natural causes

pneumonia
breast cancer
heart failure
prostate cancer

lung cancer
natural causes
respiratory failure
cardiac arrest

polymyalgia
natural causes
leukemia
pneumonia

-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-

2011

Anne Francis
Susannah York
Jane Russell
Elizabeth Taylor (7)
Farley Granger
Jackie Cooper
Dana Wynter
James Arness
Peter Falk
Cliff Robertson
Harry Morgan

Sept. 16, 1930
Jan. 9, 1939
Jun. 21, 1921
Feb. 27, 1932
Jul. 1, 1925
Sept. 15, 1922
Jun. 8, 1931
May 26, 1923
Sept. 16, 1927
Sep. 9, 1923
Apr. 10, 1915

Jan. 2, 2011
Jan. 15, 2011
Feb. 28, 2011
Mar. 23, 2011
Mar. 27, 2011
May 3, 2011
May 5, 2011
Jun. 3, 2011
Jun. 23, 2011
Sep. 10, 2011
Dec. 7, 2011

80
72
89
79
85
88
73
88
83
88
96

pancreatic cancer
bone marrow cancer
respiratory failure
congestive H.F.
natural causes
old age (sic)
congestive H.F.
natural causes
Alzheimer's
natural causes
pneumonia

-
-
-
FLG
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

NOTES:
1. Primarily Silent Screen Star names are shown in BOLD PINK, if most films made were silent.

2. Natural Causes - Nobody dies of "natural causes". It simply means, "We are not going to tell you the cause of death." In some cases, it is a euphemism for "it is not for you to know." We may not get to know the TRUE cause of death, for a variety of reasons (drugs, alcoholism, unpopular disease, depravity, protection of family reputation, etc.).

3. Interment - This column is new and incomplete, but I am adding to it over time.

4. For Birth Name, Birthplace, Filmography, Spouses, Short Bio and Place of Death,
    please refer to the appropriate en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Name web page.

5. Inclusion criteria - must have made at least one movie in the 1950s or earlier.

6. I have personally met 3 movie actors/ actresses -
    Dorothy Neumann (1953 - Palms, CA - next door neighbor on Mentone Ave., Palms, CA),
    Randolph Scott (1954 - Calabasas, CA - Warner Bros. Ranch employee picnic), and
    Don Haggerty (1954 - West L.A., CA - He lived near Shenandoah Elementary School).

7. I detest the term actor when applied to a woman. Bette Davis and Joan Crawford would have slapped you silly, if you called them an "actor".
    Along the same lines, I hate BCE for BC, and CE for AD, person hole for manhole, etc.
    I am old. I don't like things changed, that have been just fine for HUNDREDS OF YEARS. To he|| with PC.

40

190 - 768

120

120

40

198

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Decade

Deaths

Burial Location

1930-1939
1940-1949
1950-1959
1960-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
2000-2009
2010-2011

11
20
25
44
38
57
57
56
25   
333

CC -
FLG -
FLHH -
HCC -
HF -
IP -
VMP -

FR -
MA -
NY -
PO -

Calvary Cemetery
Forest Lawn Glendale
Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills
Holy Cross Cem. Culver City
Hollywood Forever
Inglewood Park
Valhalla Memorial Park

France
Massachusettes
New York
Pacific Ocean

50

130-710

80

60

100

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Age

Age

Julie Andrews -
Lauren Bacall (20) -
Carol Baker -
Brigitte Bardot -
Claire Bloom -
Ann Blyth -
Leslie Caron -
Joan Collins -
Doris Day -
Gloria DeHaven -
Deanna Durbin -
Rhonda Fleming -
Joan Fontaine -
Zsa-Zsa Gabor -
Mitzi Gaynor -
Julie Harris -
Olivia de Havilland -
June Havoc -
Celeste Holm -
Shirley Jones -
Angela Lansbury -
Joan Leslie -
June Lockhart -
Gina Lollobrigida -
Sophia Loren (21) -
Tina Louise -
Shirley MacLaine -
Dorothy Malone -
Ann Margret -
Terry Moore -

Debra Paget -
Eleanor Parker -
Kim Novak -
Margaret O'Brien -
Maureen O'Hara -
Jane Powell -
Luise Rainer -
Debbie Reynolds -
Eva Marie Saint -
Lizabeth Scott -
Shirley Temple (18) -
Esther Williams -
Joanne Woodward -

75
85
79
77
79
82
78
76
87
84
90
86
92
93
79
85
94
96
94
75
85
86
86
82
75
76
75
85
68
82

77
88
76
72
91
80
101
79
85
89
81
90
81

Robert Blake
Ernest Borgnine
Harry Carey, Jr.
Kirk Douglas (17)
Clint Eastwood
Ben Gazzara
Anthony Hopkins
Louis Jourdan
George Kennedy
Jack Klugman
Jerry Lewis
Herbert Lom

Peter O'Toole
Sidney Poitier (22)
Mickey Rooney
George Segal
Dean Stockwell
Russ Tamblyn
Eli Wallach
Robert Wagner





Do women
outlive men?
Quite possibly,
using this comparison.


All men's ages above
updated on Dec. 7, 2011

78
94
90
94
81
81
73
90
86
89
85
94

79
84
91
77
75
76
96
81

50

200-630

60

60

200

60

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