DEATHIVERSARY: CLARA BLANDICK (April 15, 1962)

Clara Blandick is best known for her memorable minor role as Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz. Blandick's health steadily declined throughout the 1950s. Her eyesight began to fail, and she was suffering greatly from severe, painful arthritis. At 69, Blandick had gone into seclusion at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. On April 15, 1962, Blandick returned to her room from Palm Sunday services at church. She began rearranging her room, placing her favorite photos and memorabilia in prominent places. She laid out her resume and a collection of press clippings from her lengthy career. She dressed immaculately in an elegant royal blue dressing gown, and with her hair properly styled, she took an overdose of sleeping pills. She lay down on a couch, covered herself with a gold blanket over her shoulders, and tied a plastic bag over her head. She left the following note: "I am now about to make the great adventure. I cannot endure this agonizing pain any longer. It is all over my body. Neither can I face the impending blindness. I pray the Lord, my soul, to take. Amen." Blandick's landlady, Helen Mason, found her body Sunday morning. In preparing to die, she had disposed of all her medicines the previous week. Her ashes were interred at the Great Mausoleum, Columbarium of Security at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. Blandick's ashes lie just yards from those of Charley Grapewin, her on-screen husband in The Wizard of Oz.

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45 YEARS AGO TONIGHT...

Forty-five years ago, on February 12, 1976, "Rebel Without a Cause" actor Sal Mineo was murdered outside his carport in West Hollywood, CA. Go behind the sign to the alleyway where the Switchblade Kid met his match. I hope you guys enjoy this video as much as I enjoyed making it. Like and Subscribe to my Youtube channel!

DEATHIVERSARY: FLORENCE LAWRENCE (Dec. 28, 1938)

Florence Lawrence, Hollywood’s β€œFirst Movie Star” was buried in an unmarked grave at Hollywood Forever Cemetery for 53 years… Read about Lawrence’s life and early death in the fanzine DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: FLORENCE LAWRENCE - THE FIRST MOVIE STAR (Issue #22). CLICK HERE!

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DEATHIVERSARY: CARRIE FISHER (December 27, 2016)

π™Ύπš— π™³πšŽπšŒπšŽπš–πš‹πšŽπš› 𝟻, 𝟸𝟢𝟷𝟻, 𝙸 πš–πšŽπš πš–πš’ πšπš’πš›πšœπš πš•πš˜πšŸπšŽ, π™²πšŠπš›πš›πš’πšŽ π™΅πš’πšœπš‘πšŽπš›, πš πš‘πš’πš•πšŽ πšœπš‘πšŽ 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšπš˜πš’πš—πš πš™πš›πšŽπšœπšœ πšπš˜πš› "πšƒπš‘πšŽ π™΅πš˜πš›πšŒπšŽ π™°πš πšŠπš”πšŽπš—πšœ." 𝙸 πšŒπš›πšŠπšœπš‘πšŽπš πš–πš’ πš‹πš˜πšœπšœ'𝚜 πš™πš›πšŽπšœπšœ πšŒπš˜πš—πšπšŽπš›πšŽπš—πšŒπšŽ, πšŒπš›πš˜πšœπšœπš’πš—πš πš–πš’ πšπš’πš—πšπšŽπš›πšœ πšπš‘πšŠπš πš‘πšŽ πš πš˜πšžπš•πšπš—'𝚝 πšπš’πš›πšŽ πš–πšŽ. 𝙸 πš‘πšŠπš 𝚝𝚘 πš–πšŽπšŽπš π™Ώπš›πš’πš—πšŒπšŽπšœπšœ π™»πšŽπš’πšŠ πšπš˜πš› πš–πš’ πš•πš’πšπšŽ 𝚝𝚘 πš‘πšŠπšŸπšŽ πšŠπš—πš’ πš–πšŽπšŠπš—πš’πš—πš. πš†πš‘πšŽπš— 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšπš’πšŸπšŽ-πš’πšŽπšŠπš›πšœ-πš˜πš•πš, 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚠 "πšπšŽπšπšžπš›πš— 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽ π™ΉπšŽπšπš’" 𝚊𝚝 πšπš‘πšŽ π™ΌπšŠπš—πš˜πš› π™΄πšŠπšœπš 𝟹 πšƒπš‘πšŽπšŠπšπš›πšŽ πš’πš— πšπš‘πšŽ π™ΌπšŠπš—πš˜πš› π™΄πšŠπšœπš π™ΌπšŠπš•πš• πš’πš— π™±πš›πš’πšŠπš—, πšƒπšŽπš‘πšŠπšœ - 𝚊 πšœπš–πšŠπš•πš• πšπš‘πšŽπšŠπšπšŽπš› πš’πš— πšŠπš— πšŽπšŸπšŽπš— πšœπš–πšŠπš•πš•πšŽπš› πšπš˜πš πš— πš’πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πš–πš’πšπšπš•πšŽ 𝚘𝚏 πšƒπšŽπš‘πšŠπšœ. π™°πšœ πšπš‘πšŽ πšŒπš›πšŽπšπš’πšπšœ πš›πš˜πš•πš•πšŽπš, πš–πš’ πš πš˜πš›πš•πš πš˜πš™πšŽπš—πšŽπš πšžπš™. "𝙸 πš πšŠπš—πš 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 πš πš‘πšŠπšπšŽπšŸπšŽπš› πšπš‘πšŽπš’'πš›πšŽ πšπš˜πš’πš—πš," 𝙸 πš’πš—πšπš˜πš›πš–πšŽπš πš–πš’ 𝚍𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎 πš πšŽπš›πšŽ πš•πšŽπšŠπšŸπš’πš—πš πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš‘πšŽπšŠπšπšŽπš›. πšπš’πšπš‘πš πšπš‘πšŽπš— πšŠπš—πš πšπš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ, 𝙸 πšπšŽπšŒπš’πšπšŽπš 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšπš˜πš’πš—πš 𝚝𝚘 πš›πšžπš— 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚒 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 πšπšŠπš•πšŠπš‘πš’ πšπšŠπš›, πšπšŠπš› 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚒 (π™»πš˜πšœ π™°πš—πšπšŽπš•πšŽπšœ) πšŠπš—πš πš“πš˜πš’πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πš›πšŽπš‹πšŽπš•πšœ (𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 πš πš˜πš›πš” πšŒπš›πšŽπšŠπšπš’πšŸπšŽ-πšπš’πš™πšŽπšœ) πš’πš— πšπš‘πšŽπš’πš› πšπš’πšπš‘πš πšŠπšπšŠπš’πš—πšœπš πšπš‘πšŽ πšŽπšŸπš’πš• πšŽπš–πš™πš’πš›πšŽ (π™·πš˜πš•πš•πš’πš πš˜πš˜πš). πšƒπš‘πšŽ πšπšŠπš—πšπšŠπšœπš’ πšŽπš—πšπšŽπš πš πš’πšπš‘ π™Ώπš›πš’πš—πšŒπšŽπšœπšœ π™»πšŽπš’πšŠ πš‹πšŽπšœπšπš˜πš πš’πš—πš πšžπš™πš˜πš— πš–πšŽ 𝚊 πš–πšŽπšπšŠπš• 𝚘𝚏 πš‘πš˜πš—πš˜πš› πšπš˜πš› πš–πš’ πš‹πš›πšŠπšŸπšŽπš›πš’ πšŠπšπšŠπš’πš—πšœπš πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš˜πš›πšŒπšŽπšœ 𝚘𝚏 πšŽπšŸπš’πš•. πšƒπš‘πš’πš›πšπš’ πš’πšŽπšŠπš›πšœ πš•πšŠπšπšŽπš›, πšπš‘πšŽ πš›πšŽπšŠπš• π™Ώπš›πš’πš—πšŒπšŽπšœπšœ π™»πšŽπš’πšŠ πš πš˜πšžπš•πš πš‹πšŽπšœπšπš˜πš  πšžπš™πš˜πš— πš–πšŽ 𝚊 πš›πšŽπšŠπš•-πš•πš’πšπšŽ πš‹πšŠπšπšπšŽ 𝚘𝚏 πš‘πš˜πš—πš˜πš› 𝚊𝚜 πš‘πšŽπš› 𝚍𝚘𝚐, π™ΆπšŠπš›πš’, πšœπš•πš˜πš‹πš‹πšŽπš›πšŽπš πš˜πš— πš–πš’ πš™πšŠπš—πšπšœ πš•πšŽπš. πš†πš‘πšŽπš— 𝙸 πšπš’πš—πšŠπš•πš•πš’ 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 πš–πšŽπšŽπš, 𝙸 πšπš˜πš•πš π™²πšŠπš›πš›πš’πšŽ πšπš‘πšŠπš 𝙸 πšπšŽπš•πš• πš’πš— πš•πš˜πšŸπšŽ πš πš’πšπš‘ πš‘πšŽπš› πš‹πšŽπšπš˜πš›πšŽ πš›πšŽπšŠπš•πš’πš£πš’πš—πš πšπš‘πšŠπš 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚐𝚊𝚒. πš‚πš‘πšŽ πš‘πš˜πš πš•πšŽπš, πšπšŽπš•πš•πš’πš—πš πš–πšŽ πšπš‘πšŠπš 𝙸 πš πšŠπšœπš—'𝚝 πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš’πš›πšœπš 𝚐𝚊𝚒 πš–πšŠπš— 𝚝𝚘 πšπšŠπš•πš• πš’πš— πš•πš˜πšŸπšŽ πš πš’πšπš‘ πš‘πšŽπš›. πš‚πš‘πšŽ πš™πšžπš•πš•πšŽπš πš–πšŽ πš’πš— πšŒπš•πš˜πšœπšŽ 𝚊𝚜 πš’πš 𝚠𝚎 πš πšŽπš›πšŽ πš˜πš•πš πšπš›πš’πšŽπš—πšπšœ, 𝚜𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚣𝚎𝚍 πš–πšŽ, πšŠπš—πš πšœπšπšŠπš›πšπšŽπš πš”πš’πšœπšœπš’πš—πš πš–πš’ 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎. 𝙰 πš’πšŽπšŠπš› πš•πšŠπšπšŽπš›, π™΅πš’πšœπš‘πšŽπš› πš πš˜πšžπš•πš πš‹πšŽ 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍, πš‹πšžπš πšπš‘πšŽ πš›πšŽπš‹πšŽπš•πš•πš’πš˜πš— πš•πš’πšŸπšŽπšœ πš˜πš—. π™Όπš’ πš‹πš˜πšœπšœ πšπš’πšπš—'𝚝 πšπš’πš›πšŽ πš–πšŽ; πš’πš—πšœπšπšŽπšŠπš, πš‘πšŽ πšπš˜πš˜πš” πš™πš’πšŒπšπšžπš›πšŽπšœ 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽ πš–πš˜πš–πšŽπš—πš.

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DEATHIVERSARY: MY MOM (December 16, 2004)

πš‚πš˜πš–πšŽπšπš’πš–πšŽπšœ 𝙸 πšπš‘πš’πš—πš” πšπš‘πšŠπš π™³πšŽπšŠπš πš’πš— π™·πš˜πš•πš•πš’πš πš˜πš˜πš πš‘πšŠπšœ πš‹πšŽπšŽπš— πš–πš’ 𝚠𝚊𝚒 𝚘𝚏 πš πš˜πš›πš”πš’πš—πš πšπš‘πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘ πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš›πš’πšŽπš 𝚘𝚏 πš•πš˜πšœπš’πš—πš πš–πš’ πš–πš˜πš–. πš†πš‘πšŽπš— 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝟸𝟻, πš–πš’ πš–πš˜πš– πšπš’πšŽπš 𝚘𝚏 πš‹πš›πšŽπšŠπšœπš πšŒπšŠπš—πšŒπšŽπš› πšŠπšπšπšŽπš› 𝚊 𝟷𝟹-πš’πšŽπšŠπš› πš‹πšŠπšπšπš•πšŽ, πšŠπš—πš πš’πš— 𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚒, πšπš‘πšŽ πš‰πš’πš—πšŽ πš‘πšŠπšœ πš‹πšŽπšŽπš— 𝚊 πš”πš’πš—πš 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽπš›πšŠπš™πš’. 𝙰 πš πš‘πš’πš•πšŽ πš‹πšŠπšŒπš”, 𝙸 πšœπšπšŠπš›πšπšŽπš πš’πš—πšŒπš•πšžπšπš’πš—πš πš–πš˜πš›πšŽ πš™πšŽπš›πšœπš˜πš—πšŠπš• πšœπšπš˜πš›πš’πšŽπšœ πšŠπš—πš πš–πšŽπš–πš˜πš›πš’πšŽπšœ πš’πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πš‰πš’πš—πšŽ πšŠπš—πš πš‘πšŠπšŸπšŽ πšπš˜πšžπš—πš πš–πš’πšœπšŽπš•πš πš›πšŽπš•πš’πšŸπš’πš—πš πšπš‘πšŽ πš–πš˜πšœπš πš‹πšŽπšŠπšžπšπš’πšπšžπš• πš–πš˜πš–πšŽπš—πšπšœ. π™Όπš’ πš–πš˜πš–'𝚜 πš‹πš’πšπšπšŽπšœπš πšπšŽπšŠπš› πš πš‘πšŽπš— πšœπš‘πšŽ 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšπš’πš’πš—πš 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšπš‘πšŠπš πšœπš‘πšŽ'𝚍 πš‹πšŽ πšπš˜πš›πšπš˜πšπšπšŽπš—, πšŠπš—πš πšπš˜πš› 𝚊 πš πš‘πš’πš•πšŽ, 𝙸 πšπš›πš’πšŽπš πš–πš’ πš‹πšŽπšœπš πš—πš˜πš 𝚝𝚘 πšπš‘πš’πš—πš” πšŠπš‹πš˜πšžπš πš‘πšŽπš› πšŒπš˜πš—πšœπšπšŠπš—πšπš•πš’. π™±πšžπš πšœπš‘πšŽ'𝚜 πšŠπš•πš πšŠπš’πšœ πšπš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ, πšŠπš—πš πš—πš˜πš  πšœπš‘πšŽ'𝚜 πš˜πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πš™πšŠπšπšŽπšœ 𝚘𝚏 πš–πš’ πš£πš’πš—πšŽπšœ! 𝙸 πšŠπš•πš–πš˜πšœπš πšπš’πš—πš’πšœπš‘πšŽπš πšƒπš‘πšŽπš•πš–πšŠ πšƒπš˜πšπš (π™ΈπšœπšœπšžπšŽ 𝟷𝟼) πš‹πšŽπšπš˜πš›πšŽ πš›πšŽπšŠπš•πš’πš£πš’πš—πš πšπš‘πšŠπš πšƒπš‘πšŽπš•πš–πšŠ πšŠπš—πš πš–πš’ πš–πš˜πš– πšπš’πšŽπš πš˜πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πšœπšŠπš–πšŽ 𝚍𝚊𝚒, π™³πšŽπšŒπšŽπš–πš‹πšŽπš› 𝟷𝟼.

DEATHIVERSARY: RIVER PHOENIX (OCT. 31, 1993)

πšπ™Έπš…π™΄πš π™Ώπ™·π™Ύπ™΄π™½π™Έπš‡ π™Έπš‚... 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝙸𝙽 π™·π™Ύπ™»π™»πšˆπš†π™Ύπ™Ύπ™³: π™Έπš— πšπš‘πšŽ πšŽπšŠπš›πš•πš’ πš‘πš˜πšžπš›πšœ 𝚘𝚏 π™ΎπšŒπšπš˜πš‹πšŽπš› 𝟹𝟷, πšπš’πšŸπšŽπš› π™Ώπš‘πš˜πšŽπš—πš’πš‘ πšπš•πšŠπšπš•πš’πš—πšŽπš πš’πš— πšπš›πš˜πš—πš 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽ πš‚πšžπš—πšœπšŽπš πš‚πšπš›πš’πš™ πšŒπš•πšžπš‹, πšπš‘πšŽ πš…πš’πš™πšŽπš› πšπš˜πš˜πš–. π™·πš’πšœ πš‹πš›πš˜πšπš‘πšŽπš›, π™Ήπš˜πšŠπššπšžπš’πš— π™Ώπš‘πš˜πšŽπš—πš’πš‘, πšŒπšŠπš•πš•πšŽπš 𝟿𝟷𝟷. πšƒπš‘πšŽ πšŒπšŠπš•πš• 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πš’πš–πš–πšŽπšπš’πšŠπšπšŽπš•πš’ πš•πšŽπšŠπš”πšŽπš 𝚝𝚘 πš—πšŽπš πšœ πšœπšπšŠπšπš’πš˜πš—πšœ. π™Ώπš‘πš˜πšŽπš—πš’πš‘ 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πš™πš›πš˜πš—πš˜πšžπš—πšŒπšŽπš 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚝 π™²πšŽπšπšŠπš›πšœ-πš‚πš’πš—πšŠπš’ π™·πš˜πšœπš™πš’πšπšŠπš• πš’πš— π™»πš˜πšœ π™°πš—πšπšŽπš•πšŽπšœ. π™·πšŽ πš‘πšŠπš πšπš’πšŽπš πš˜πš— π™·πšŠπš•πš•πš˜πš πšŽπšŽπš— πšπš›πš˜πš– πšŠπš— πš˜πšŸπšŽπš›πšπš˜πšœπšŽ 𝚘𝚏 πšŒπš˜πšŒπšŠπš’πš—πšŽ πšŠπš—πš πš‘πšŽπš›πš˜πš’πš—.

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π™½πšŽπš‘πš πš πšŽπšŽπš”πšŽπš—πš πš’πšœ πšπš‘πšŽ πšπšŽπšŠπšπš‘πš’πšŸπšŽπš›πšœπšŠπš›πš’ 𝚘𝚏 πšŠπšŒπšπš˜πš›/πšŠπšŒπšπš’πšŸπš’πšœπš πšπš’πšŸπšŽπš› π™Ώπš‘πš˜πšŽπš—πš’πš‘. π™Ώπš‘πš˜πšŽπš—πš’πš‘ πšπš’πšŽπš 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 πšπš›πšžπš πš˜πšŸπšŽπš›πšπš˜πšœπšŽ πš˜πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πšœπš’πšπšŽπš πšŠπš•πš” πš’πš— πšπš›πš˜πš—πš 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽ πš‚πšžπš—πšœπšŽπš πš‚πšπš›πš’πš™ πšŒπš•πšžπš‹, πšƒπš‘πšŽ πš…πš’πš™πšŽπš› πšπš˜πš˜πš–, πš’πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πšŽπšŠπš›πš•πš’ πš‘πš˜πšžπš›πšœ 𝚘𝚏 π™ΎπšŒπšπš˜πš‹πšŽπš› 𝟹𝟷, 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟹, 𝚊𝚝 𝟸𝟹. π™°πš πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš’πš–πšŽ 𝚘𝚏 πš‘πš’πšœ πšπšŽπšŠπšπš‘, πš‘πšŽ 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšπš’πš•πš–πš’πš—πš πšπš‘πšŽ πš–πš˜πšŸπš’πšŽ "π™³πšŠπš›πš” π™±πš•πš˜πš˜πš," πš πš‘πš’πšŒπš‘ 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πš›πšŽπš•πšŽπšŠπšœπšŽπš πš’πš—πšŒπš˜πš–πš™πš•πšŽπšπšŽ 𝟷𝟿 πš’πšŽπšŠπš›πšœ πš•πšŠπšπšŽπš›. πšƒπš‘πšŽ πšπšŠπš—πš£πš’πš—πšŽ 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝙸𝙽 π™·π™Ύπ™»π™»πšˆπš†π™Ύπ™Ύπ™³: πšπ™Έπš…π™΄πš π™Ώπ™·π™Ύπ™΄π™½π™Έπš‡ (π™ΈπšœπšœπšžπšŽ 𝟺) 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πš›πšŽπš•πšŽπšŠπšœπšŽπš 𝟹 πš’πšŽπšŠπš›πšœ 𝚊𝚐𝚘!

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DEATHIVERSARY: JAMES DEAN (Sept. 30, 1955)

CLICK HERE for DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: JAMES DEAN (Issue #6) And stayed tuned for Issue #30 DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: ALL ROADS LEAD TO DEAN (Issue 30) where I retrace Dean’s death drive. It was such a trippy road trip. I’ll never forget it and you can read all about soon!

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