Top Movie Stars' Death Dates Summary

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Top Movie Stars' Death Dates
Chronological List

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.

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 250 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 commeth, as well.

Famous Movie Star Passing Dates
Year Died	Movie Star	Birth Date	Passing Date	Age	Cause of Death
1950	Al Jolson	May 26, 1886	Oct. 23, 1950	64	heart attack
1951	Robert Walker	Oct. 13, 1918	Aug. 28, 1951	32	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	48 39 57	cerebral hemmorhage bad heart breast cancer
1953	Nigel Bruce	Feb. 4, 1895	Oct. 8, 1953	58	heart attack
1954	Sydney Greenstreet Lionel Barrymore	Dec. 27, 1879 Apr. 28, 1878	Jan. 18, 1954 Nov. 15, 1954	74 76	diabetes heart attack
1955	James Dean (18) Shemp Howard	Feb. 8, 1931 Mar. 4, 1895	Sep. 30, 1955 Nov. 22, 1955	24 60	auto accident heart attack
1956	Edward Arnold Bela Lugosi	Feb. 18, 1890 Oct. 20, 1882	Apr. 25, 1956 Aug. 16, 1956	66 73	cerebral hemorr. heart attack
1957	Humphrey Bogart (1) Oliver Hardy	Dec. 25, 1899 Jan. 18, 1892	Jan. 14, 1957 Aug. 7, 1957	57 65	esophagus cancer cancer, strokes
1958	Ronald Colman Tyrone Power	Feb. 9, 1891 May 5, 1914	May 19, 1958 Nov. 15, 1958	67 44	lung infection heart attack
1959	Lou Costello Ethel Barrymore Paul Douglas Errol Flynn	Mar. 6, 1906 Aug. 15, 1879 Apr. 11, 1907 June 20, 1909	Mar. 3, 1959 June 18, 1959 Sep. 11, 1959 Oct. 14, 1959	52 79 52 50	heart attack cardiovascular disease heart attack heart attack
1960	Ward Bond Clark Gable (7)	Apr. 9, 1903 Feb. 1, 1901	Nov. 5, 1960 Nov. 16, 1960	57 59	heart attack heart attack
1961	Barry Fitzgerald Gary Cooper (11) Jeff Chandler Charles Coburn Marion Davies	Mar. 10, 1888 May 7, 1901 Dec. 15, 1918 June 19, 1877 Jan. 3, 1897	Jan. 14, 1961 May 13, 1961 June 17, 1961 Aug. 30, 1961 Sept. 22, 1961	72 60 42 84 64	heart failure prostate cancer back surgery malpractice heart attack bone cancer
1962	Marilyn Monroe (6) Charles Laughton	Jun. 1, 1926 Jul. 1, 1899	Aug. 5, 1962 Dec. 15, 1962	36 63	barbiturate poisoning bone cancer
1963	Jack Carson Dick Powell ZaSu Pitts	Oct. 27, 1910 Nov. 14, 1904 Jan. 3, 1894	Jan. 2, 1963 Jan. 2, 1963 Jun. 7, 1963	52 58 69	stomach cancer lymphoma cancer - unspecified
1964	Alan Ladd Peter Lorre Eddie Cantor Percy Kilbride William Bendix	Sep. 3, 1913 June 26, 1904 Jan. 31, 1892 July 16, 1888 Jan. 14, 1906	Jan. 29, 1964 Mar. 23, 1964 Oct. 10, 1964 Dec. 11, 1964 Dec. 14, 1964	50 59 72 76 58	probable suicide stroke heart attack hit by car bad stomach, pneumonia
1965	Stan Laurel Linda Darnell Clara Bow	June 16, 1890 Oct. 16, 1923 Jul. 29, 1905	Feb. 23, 1965 Apr. 10, 1965 Sep. 27, 1965	74 41 60	heart attack burned in fire heart attack
1966	Herbert Marshall Buster Keaton (21) Montgomery Clift Clifton Webb	May 23, 1890 Oct. 4, 1895 Oct. 17, 1920 Nov. 11, 1889	Jan. 22, 1966 Feb. 1, 1966 Jul. 23, 1966 Oct. 13, 1966	75 70 45 76	heart attack lung cancer heart attack heart attack
1967	Ann Sheridan Claude Rains Spencer Tracy (9) Vivien Leigh (16) Basil Rathbone Paul Muni Jobyna Ralston	Feb. 21, 1915 Nov. 10, 1889 Apr. 5, 1900 Nov. 5, 1913 June 13, 1892 Sep. 22, 1895 Nov. 21, 1900	Jan. 21, 1967 May 30, 1967 Jun. 10, 1967 Jul. 7, 1967 Jul. 21, 1967 Aug. 25, 1967 Nov. 21, 1967	51 77 67 53 75 71 67	esophagus cancer abdominal hemorrhage heart attack tuberculosis heart attack heart disorder strokes, pneumonia
1968	Fay Bainter Dan Duryea Ramon Novarro Tallulah Bankhead	Dec. 7, 1893 Jan. 23, 1907 Feb. 6, 1899 Jan. 31, 1902	Apr. 16, 1968 June 7, 1968 Oct. 30, 1968 Dec. 12, 1968	74 61 69 66	pneumonia cancer murdered by 2 boys pneumonia, emphysema
1969	Boris Karloff Thelma Ritter Robert Taylor Judy Garland (8)	Nõv. 23, 1887 Feb. 14, 1902 Aug. 5, 1911 Jun. 10, 1922	Feb. 2, 1969 Feb. 5, 1969 Jun. 8, 1969 Jun. 22, 1969	81 66 57 47	emphysema, pneumonia heart attack lung cancer barbiturate poisoning
1970	Billie Burke	Aug. 7, 1884	May 14, 1970	85	Alzheimer's
1971	Harold Lloyd Van Heflin Spring Byington	Apr. 20, 1893 Dec. 13, 1910 Oct. 17, 1886	Mar. 8, 1971 Jul. 23, 1971 Sept. 7, 1971	77 60 84	prostate cancer heart attack cancer - unspecified
1972	Brian Donlevy George Sanders	Feb. 9, 1901 Jul. 3, 1906	Apr. 5, 1972 Apr. 25, 1972	71 65	throat cancer suicide by Nembutol
1973	Edward G. Robinson (24) Betty Grable Veronica Lake Lon Cheney, Jr.	Dec. 12, 1893 Dec. 18, 1916 Nov. 14, 1922 Feb. 10, 1906	Jan. 26, 1973 Jul. 2, 1973 Jul. 7, 1973 Jul. 12, 1973	79 56 50 67	cancer lung cancer hepatitis, renal failure heart failure
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	78 73 80 80	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	72 57 85 77 65 77	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	64 69	heart attack breast cancer
1977	Joan Crawford (10) Groucho Marx (23) Bing Crosby Charlie Chaplin (10)	Mar. 23, 1908 Oct. 2, 1890 May 3, 1903 Apr. 16, 1889	May 10, 1977 Aug. 19, 1977 Oct. 14, 1977 Dec. 25, 1977	69 86 74 88	heart attack pneumonia heart attack neuro failure
1978	Dan Dailey Chill Wills	Dec. 14, 1915 Jul. 18, 1902	Oct. 16, 1978 Dec. 15, 1978	62 76	anemia cancer
1979	Mary Pickford (24) John Wayne (13) Merle Oberon Joan Blondell	Apr. 8, 1892 May 26, 1907 Feb. 18, 1911 Aug. 30, 1906	May 29, 1979 June 11, 1979 Nov. 23, 1979 Dec. 25, 1979	87 72 68 73	cerebral hemorrhage stomach cancer stroke leukemia
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1980	Jimmy Durante Peter Sellers Mae West (15) George Raft	Feb. 10, 1893 Sep. 8, 1925 Aug. 17, 1893 Sep. 26, 1895	Jan. 29, 1980 Jul. 24, 1980 Nov. 22, 1980 Nov. 24, 1980	86 54 87 85	pneumonia heart attacks strokes leukemia
1981	Melvyn Douglas Robert Montgomery William Holden (25) Natalie Wood	Apr. 5, 1901 May 21, 1904 Apr. 17, 1918 Jul. 20, 1938	Aug. 4, 1981 Sep. 27, 1981 Nov. 12, 1981 Nov. 29, 1981	80 77 63 43	pneumonia cancer bled to death drowned
1982	Hans Conried Virginia Bruce Henry Fonda (6) Ingrid Bergman (4) Grace Kelly (13) Fernando Lamas	Apr. 15, 1917 Sep. 29, 1910 May 16, 1905 Aug. 29, 1915 Apr. 19, 1956 Jan. 6, 1915	Jan. 5, 1982 Feb. 24, 1982 Aug. 12, 1982 Aug. 28, 1982 Sep. 14, 1982 Oct. 8, 1982	64 71 77 67 52 67	cardiovascular disease cancer heart disease breast cancer auto accident pancreatic cancer
1983	Gloria Swanson Norma Shearer David Niven Pat O'Brien	Mar. 27, 1899 Aug. 10, 1902 Mar. 1, 1910 Nov. 11, 1899	Apr. 4, 1983 June 12, 1983 Jul. 29, 1983 Oct. 15, 1983	84 80 73 83	heart ailment pneumonia/ Alzheimer's ALS (Lou Gehrig's) heart attack
1984	Ethel Merman William Powell James Mason Richard Burton Janet Gaynor Walter Pidgeon	Jan. 16, 1908 Jul. 29, 1892 May 15, 1909 Nov. 10, 1925 Oct. 6, 1906 Sep.23, 1897	Feb. 15, 1984 Mar. 5, 1984 Jul. 27, 1984 Aug. 5, 1984 Sep. 14, 1984 Sep. 25, 1984	76 91 75 58 77 87	glioblastoma cardiac arrest heart attack cerebral hemor. auto accid. complications stroke
1985	Ruth Gordon Rock Hudson Yul Brenner Orson Welles (16) Anne Baxter	Oct. 30, 1896 Nov. 17, 1925 Jul. 11, 1920 May 6, 1915 May 7, 1923	Aug. 28, 1985 Oct. 2, 1985 Oct. 10, 1985 Oct. 10, 1985 Dec. 12, 1985	88 59 65 70 62	stroke AIDS lung cancer heart attack brain aneurysm
1986	Donna Reed Ray Milland James Cagney (8) Sterling Hayden Cary Grant (2) Elsa Lanchester	Jan. 27, 1921 Jan. 3, 1907 Jul. 17, 1899 Mar. 26, 1916 Jan. 18, 1904 Oct. 28, 1902	Jan. 14, 1986 Mar. 10, 1986 Mar. 30, 1986 May 23, 1986 Nov. 29, 1986 Dec. 26, 1986	64 79 86 70 82 84	pancreatic cancer lung cancer heart attack prostate cancer cerebral hemorrhage pneumonia
1987	Danny Kaye Rita Hayworth (19) Fred Astaire (5) Jackie Gleason Lee Marvin Mary Astor	Jan. 18, 1913 Oct. 17, 1918 May 10, 1899 Feb. 26, 1916 Feb. 19, 1924 May 3, 1906	Mar. 3, 1987 May 14, 1987 June 22, 1987 June 24, 1987 Aug. 29, 1987 Sep. 25, 1987	74 68 88 71 63 81	heart attack Alzheimer's disease pneumonia cancer heart attack emphysema
1988	Heather O'Rourke John Carradine	Dec. 27, 1975 Feb. 5, 1906	Feb. 1, 1988 Nov. 27, 1988	12 82	bowel obstruction natural causes
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	89 77 76 82 81 74 77	CHF ruptured aorta pneumonia/ Parkinson's renal failure breast cancer leukemia Congestive HF
1990	Barbara Stanwyck (11) Ava Gardner (25) Greta Garbo (5) Paulette Goddard Rex Harrison Irene Dunne Joel McCrea Joan Bennett	Jul. 16, 1907 Dec. 24, 1922 Sep. 18, 1905 June 3, 1910 Mar. 5, 1908 Dec. 20, 1898 Nov. 5, 1905 Feb. 27, 1910	Jan. 20, 1990 Jan. 25, 1990 Apr. 15, 1990 Apr. 23, 1990 June 2, 1990 Sep. 4, 1990 Oct. 20, 1990 Dec. 7, 1990	82 67 84 79 82 91 84 80	heart failure pneumonia pneumonia emphysema pancreatic cancer heart failure pneumonia heart attack
1991	Fred MacMurray Gene Tierney Eleanor Boardman	Aug. 30, 1908 Nov. 19, 1920 Aug. 19, 1898	Nov. 5, 1991 Nov. 6, 1991 Dec. 12, 1991	83 70 93	pneumonia emphysema natural causes
1992	Jose Ferrer Marlene Dietrich (9) Robert Morley Dana Andrews	Jan. 8, 1912 Dec. 27, 1901 May 26, 1908 Jan. 1, 1909	Jan. 26, 1992 May 6, 1992 June 3, 1992 Dec. 17, 1992	80 90 84 83	colon cancer renal failure stroke CHF, pneumonia
1993	Audrey Hepburn (3) Lillian Gish (17) Helen Hayes Alexis Smith Stewart Granger Vincent Price Myrna Loy	May 4, 1929 Oct. 14, 1893 Oct. 10, 1900 June 8, 1921 May 6, 1913 May 27, 1911 Aug. 2, 1905	Jan. 20, 1993 Feb. 27, 1993 Mar. 17, 1993 June 9, 1993 Aug. 16, 1993 Oct. 25, 1993 Dec. 14, 1993	63 99 92 72 80 82 88	abdominal cancer natural causes congestive heart failure brain cancer prostate cancer emphysema, Parkinson's surgery
1994	Cesar Romero Joseph Cotton George Peppard Gilbert Roland Barry Sullivan Jessica Tandy Burt Lancaster (19)	Feb. 15, 1907 May 15, 1905 Oct. 1, 1928 Dec. 11, 1905 Aug. 29, 1912 June 7, 1909 Nov. 2, 1913	Jan. 1, 1994 Feb. 6, 1994 May 8, 1994 May 15, 1994 June 6, 1994 Sep. 11, 1994 Oct. 20, 1994	86 88 65 88 81 85 80	pneumonia throat cancer, pneumonia lung cancer cancer respiratory failure ovarian cancer 3rd heart attack
1995	Lana Turner Ginger Rogers (14) Eva Gabor Ida Lupino Butterfly McQueen Dean Martin	Feb. 8, 1921 Jul. 16, 1911 Feb. 11, 1919 Feb. 4, 1918 Jan. 8, 1911 June 7, 1917	June 29, 1995 Apr. 25, 1995 Jul. 4, 1995 Aug. 3, 1995 Dec. 22, 1995 Dec. 25, 1995	74 83 76 77 84 78	throat cancer heart failure pneumonia stroke/ cancer kerosene burns lung cancer, resp. failure
1996	Gene Kelly (15) Martin Balsam Greer Garson Claudette Colbert (12) Dorothy Lamour Lew Ayres	Aug. 23, 1912 Nov. 4, 1919 Sept. 29, 1904 Sep. 13, 1903 Dec. 10, 1914 Dec. 28, 1908	Feb. 2, 1996 Feb. 13, 1996 Apr. 6, 1996 Jul. 30, 1996 Sep. 22, 1996 Dec. 30, 1996	83 76 91 92 81 88	stroke heart attack heart failure strokes heart attack coma complications
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	79 89 89 84	lung cancer heart failure Alzheimer's, melanoma pneumonia
1998	Alice Faye Maureen O'Sullivan Roy Rogers Robert Young	May 5, 1915 May 11, 1911 Nov. 5, 1911 Feb. 22, 1907	May 9, 1998 June 23, 1998 Jul. 6, 1998 Jul. 21, 1998	83 87 86 91	stomach cancer heart surgery heart failure respiratory failure
1999	Rory Calhoun Sylvia Sidney Victor Mature George C. Scott	Aug. 8, 1922 Aug. 8, 1910 Jan. 29, 1913 Oct. 18, 1927	Apr. 28, 1999 Jul. 1, 1999 Aug. 4, 1999 Sep. 22, 1999	76 88 86 71	emphysema throat cancer leukemia ruptured aorta
2000	Hedy Lamarr Claire Trevor Walter Mathau Alec Guinness Loretta Young Jason Robards	Nov. 9, 1914 Mar. 8, 1910 Oct. 1, 1920 Apr. 2, 1914 Jan. 6, 1913 Jul. 26, 1922	Jan. 19, 2000 Apr. 8, 2000 Jul. 1, 2000 Aug. 5, 2000 Aug. 12, 2000 Dec. 26, 2000	85 90 79 86 87 78	natural causes respiratory failure cardiac arrest liver cancer ovarian cancer lung cancer
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	92 86 76	heart failure pneumonia colon cancer
2002	Rod Steiger Richard Harris James Coburn	Apr. 14, 1925 Oct. 1, 1930 Aug. 31, 1928	Jul. 9, 2002 Oct. 25, 2002 Nov. 18, 2002	77 72 74	pneumonia Hodgkins disease heart attack
2003	Gregory Peck (12) Hume Cronyn Katherine Hepburn (1) Buddy Ebsen Bob Hope Donald O'Connor Jeanne Crain Alan Bates	Apr. 5, 1916 Jul. 11, 1911 May 12, 1907 Apr. 2, 1908 May 29, 1903 Aug. 28, 1925 May 25, 1925 Feb. 17, 1934	June 12, 2003 June 15, 2003 June 29, 2003 Jul. 6, 2003 Jul. 27, 2003 Sept. 27, 2003 Dec. 14, 2003 Dec. 27, 2003	87 91 96 95 100 78 78 69	pneumonia prostate cancer natural causes pneumonia natural causes Congestive H.F. heart attack pancreatic cancer
2004	Peter Ustinov Ronald Reagan Marlon Brando (4) Janet Leigh Howard Keel John D. Barrymore	Apr. 16, 1921 Feb. 6, 1911 Apr. 3, 1924 Jul. 6, 1927 Apr. 13, 1919 Jun. 4, 1932	Mar. 28, 2004 June 5, 2004 Jul. 1, 2004 Oct. 3, 2004 Nov. 7, 2004 Nov. 29, 2004	82 93 80 77 85 72	heart failure Alzheimer's respiratory failure cardiac arrest colon cancer cancer
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	84 86 99 73 79	natural causes heart attack pneumonia uterine cancer respiratory failure
2006	Shelly Winters Anthony Franciosa June Allyson Glenn Ford	Aug. 18, 1920 Oct. 25, 1928 Oct. 7, 1917 May 1, 1916	Jan. 14, 2006 Jan. 19, 2006 Jul. 8, 2006 Aug. 30, 2006	85 77 88 90	heart attack stroke respiratory failure strokes
2007	Betty Hutton Jane Wyman Deborah Kerr	Feb. 26, 1921 Jan. 5, 1917 Sep. 30, 1921	Mar. 11, 2007 Sep. 10, 2007 Oct. 16, 2007	86 90 86	colon cancer natural causes Parkinson's
2008	Richard Widmark Charlton Heston Paul Newman Van Johnson	Dec. 26, 1914 Oct. 4, 1923 Jan. 26, 1925 Aug. 25, 1916	Mar. 24, 2008 Apr. 5, 2008 Sep. 26, 2008 Dec. 12, 2008	93 84 83 92	unspecified pneumonia lung cancer natural causes
2009	Ricardo Montalban James Whitmore Betsy Blair Karl Malden Jennifer Jones	Nov. 25, 1920 Oct. 1, 1921 Dec. 11, 1923 Mar. 22, 1912 Mar. 2, 1919	Jan. 14, 2009 Feb. 6, 2009 Mar. 13, 2009 July 1, 2009 Dec. 17, 2009	88 87 85 97 90	Congestive H.F. lung cancer cancer natural causes natural causes
2010	Jean Simmons Kathryn Grayson Robert Culp Dennis Hopper Patricia Neal	Jan. 31, 1929 Feb. 8, 1922 Aug. 16, 1930 May 17, 1936 Jan. 20, 1926	Jan. 22, 2010 Feb. 17, 2010 Mar. 24, 2010 May 29, 2010 Aug. 8, 2010	80 88 79 74 84	lung cancer in her sleep heart attack prostate cancer lung cancer
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	Women	Age	Men		Age
	Lauren Bacall (20) - Brigitte Bardot - Claire Bloom - Ann Blyth - Leslie Caron - Joan Collins - Doris Day - Gloria DeHaven - Rhonda Fleming - Joan Fontaine - Anne Francis - Zsa-Zsa Gabor - Mitzi Gaynor - Olivia de Havilland - June Havoc - Shirley Jones - Angela Lansbury - Gina Lollobrigida - Sophia Loren (21) - Tina Louise - Shirley MacLaine - Dorothy Malone - Ann Margret - - Kim Novak - Margaret O'Brien - Maureen O'Hara - Jane Powell - Debby Reynolds - Jane Russell - Eva Marie Saint - Elizabeth Taylor (7) - Shirley Temple (18) - Esther Williams - Joanne Woodward -	85 75 79 81 78 76 87 84 86 92 79 93 78 93 96 75 84 82 75 76 75 84 68 76 72 89 80 77 88 85 77 81 88 79	Robert Blake Ernest Borgnine Jackie Cooper Tony Curtis Kirk Douglas (17) Clint Eastwood Ben Gazzara Anthony Hopkins George Kennedy Jerry Lewis Leslie Nielsen Peter O'Toole Sidney Poitier (22) Cliff Robertson Mickey Rooney George Segal Dean Stockwell Eli Wallach Robert Wagner Do women outlive men? Quite possibly, using this comparison.		76 92 87 84 93 79 79 72 84 83 83 77 82 86 89 75 74 94 79
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This Vaughns Top Movie Stars Death Dates web page was updated on 2010-09-05.