Rita Hayworth-Death

 

 

Rita Hayworth lapsed into a semicoma in February 1987. She died at age 68 from Alzheimer's disease a few months later on May 14, 1987. A funeral service was held on May 19, 1987, at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills. Pallbearers included actors Ricardo Montalbán, Glenn Ford, Don Ameche and the choreographer Hermes Pan. She was interred in Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City. Her headstone includes the inscription: "To yesterday's companionship and tomorrow's reunion."

"Rita Hayworth was one of our country's most beloved stars", said President Ronald Reagan, who had been an actor at the same time as Hayworth.

"Glamorous and talented, she gave us many wonderful moments on stage and screen and delighted audiences from the time she was a young girl. In her later years, Rita became known for her struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Her courage and candor, and that of her family, were a great public service in bringing worldwide attention to a disease which we all hope will soon be cured. Nancy and I are saddened by Rita's death. She was a friend who we will miss. We extend our deep sympathy to her family."

James Coburn-Death

 

 

 

Coburn died of a heart attack on November 18, 2002, while listening to music in his Beverly Hills, California, home. He was survived by his widow Paula, son James IV and a stepdaughter. His ashes were interred in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, and marked by a stone bench inscribed with his name. By the time of his death, Coburn was the voice of the "Like a Rock" Chevrolet television ad campaign. James Garner succeeded Coburn for the remainder of the campaign.

Anthony Quinn-Death

 

 

Quinn spent his last years in Bristol, Rhode Island. He died at the age of 86 in Boston, Massachusetts from pneumonia and respiratory failure while suffering from throat cancer.

 

His funeral was held in the First Baptist Church in America in the College Hill section of Providence, Rhode Island. He is buried in a family plot in Bristol, Rhode Island.

Marilyn Monroe-Death

 

 

On August 5, 1962, LAPD police sergeant Jack Clemmons received a call at 4:25 am from Dr. Ralph Greenson, Monroe's psychiatrist, proclaiming that Monroe was found dead at her home in Los Angeles, California. She was 36 years old. At the subsequent autopsy, eight milligram per cent of Chloral hydrate and 4.5 milligram percent of Nembutal were found in her system. Dr. Thomas Noguchi of the Los Angeles County Coroners office recorded cause of death as "acute barbiturate poisoning," resulting from a "probable suicide."

 

Many theories circulated about the circumstances of her death and the timeline after the body was found. Some conspiracy theories involved John and Robert Kennedy, while other theories suggested CIA or Mafia complicity. It was reported that the last person Monroe called was the President.

 

On August 8, 1962, Monroe was interred in a crypt at Corridor of Memories #24, at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. Lee Strasberg delivered the eulogy. Joe DiMaggio took control of the funeral arrangements which consisted of only 31 close family and friends. Police were also present to keep the press away. Her casket was solid bronze and was lined with champagne colored silk. Allan “Whitey” Snyder did her make-up which was supposedly a promise made in earlier years if she were to die before him. She was wearing her favorite green Emilio Pucci dress.  In her hands was a small bouquet of pink teacup roses. For the next 20 years, red roses were placed in a vase attached to the crypt, courtesy of DiMaggio.

 

In August 2009, the crypt space directly above that of Monroe was placed for auction on eBay. Elsie Poncher plans to exhume her husband and move him to an adjacent plot. She advertised the crypt, hoping "to make enough money to pay off the $1.6 million mortgage" on her Beverly Hills mansion. The winning bid was placed by an anonymous Japanese man for $4.6 million, but the winning bidder later backed out "because of the paying problem".

 

In 1992, Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, who never met Monroe, bought the crypt immediately to the left of hers at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. He affirmed that the initial success of his magazine directly correlated with Monroe.

Bob Hope-Death

 

Hope had premature obituaries on two separate occasions. In 1998, a prepared obituary by The Associated Press was inadvertently released on the Internet, prompting Hope's death to be announced in the U.S. House of Representatives.

 

In 2003 he was among several famous figures whose pre-written obituaries were published on CNN's website because of a lapse in password protection.

 

In 2000, Hope's health steadily declined and he was hospitalized several times before his death. In June 2000, he spent nearly a week in a California hospital after being hospitalized for gastrointestinal bleeding.

 

In August 2001, he spent close to two weeks in the hospital recovering from pneumonia.

 

On July 27, 2003, Bob Hope died at his home in Toluca Lake at 9:28 p.m. According to the Soledad O'Brien interview with Hope's grandson Zach Hope, when asked on his deathbed where he wanted to be buried, Hope told his wife, "Surprise me." He was interred in the Bob Hope Memorial Garden at San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Los Angeles, where his mother is also buried.

 

After Hope's death, many newspaper cartoons worldwide featured some variation of Bing Crosby welcoming Bob Hope into heaven or his work for the USO.

Greta Garbo-Death

 

 

 

Greta Garbo died on 15 April 1990 at the age 84 in New York Hospital as a . Her death was a result of pneumonia and renal failure. She had been successfully treated for breast cancer in 1984. Garbo was cremated after a long legal battle. Her ashes were finally interred in 1999 at Skogskyrkogården Cemetery just south of her native Stockholm.

 

She had invested wisely, primarily in stocks and bonds, and left her entire estate, $32,042,429, to her niece, Gray Reisfield.

Steve McQueen-Death

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

McQueen died at the age of 50 in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, following an operation to remove or reduce several metastatic tumors in his neck and abdomen on November 7, 1980.

 

McQueen developed a persistent cough in 1978. He gave up smoking and underwent antibiotic treatments without improvement. Shortness of breath became more pronounced in December 1979.  After the filming of “The Hunter”, a biopsy revealed malignant mesothelioma.  By February 1980, there was evidence of widespread metastasis.  In July, McQueen traveled to Rosarito Beach for treatment.  U.S. doctors advised him that they could do nothing to help him.

 

Controversy arose over McQueen's Mexican trip.  McQueen had sought a very non-traditional treatment of coffee enemas, frequent shampoos, injection of live cells from cows and sheep, massage and laetrile, a "natural" anti-cancer drug available in Mexico.

 

McQueen was treated by William Donald Kelley, whose only medical license had been (until it was revoked in 1976) for orthodontics. Kelley's methods created a sensation in both the traditional and tabloid press when it became known that McQueen was a patient.

 

Kelley publicly announced McQueen would be completely cured and return to normal life. However, McQueen's condition worsened and "huge" tumors developed in his abdomen. In October 1980, McQueen flew to Ciudad Juárez to have the five-pound abdominal tumors removed.  Despite the warnings of his U.S. doctors that the tumor was inoperable and that his heart wouldn’t withstand the surgery. McQueen checked into a Juarez clinic under the assumed name of "Sam Shepard" where doctors at the small, low-income clinic were unaware of his real identity. McQueen died of cardiac arrest one day after the operation to remove the large tumor from his neck. 

 

Shortly before his death, McQueen was given a medical interview in which he blamed his condition on asbestos exposure. While McQueen felt that asbestos used in movie soundstage insulation and race-drivers' protective suits and helmets could have been involved.  McQueen believed his illness was a direct result of massive exposure from removing asbestos lagging from pipes aboard a troop ship during his time in the Marines.

 

A memorial service was presided over by Leonard DeWitt of the Ventura Missionary Church.  McQueen was cremated. His ashes were spread in the Pacific Ocean.

John Wayne-Death

John Wayne died on June 11, 1979 of stomach cancer at UCLA Medical Center. He was buried at Pacific View Memorial Park cemetery in Corona del Mar. Wayne requested his tombstone to read "Feo, Fuerte y Formal" meaning "ugly, strong and dignified". The saying never happened. Wayne's grave went unmarked for twenty years. When his tombstone was marked, it wasn't with the phrase he wanted. It was marked with one of his quotation from his 'Playboy' interview: "Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes to us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday."

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