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popular name: Bette Davis

date_of_death: October 6, 1989

age: 81

cause_of_death: Metastasized breast cancer

claim_to_fame: Show Business

best_know_for: Bette Davis was an American actress of film, television, and theater. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, she was noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic, sardonic characters and was known for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, although her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas. In 101 feature films and TV movies, she created Hollywood’s first and finest portrait of the thoroughly modern woman: her independence born in neurosis, her strength forged in professional and domestic combat, her man of the moment an irrelevance or a desperate burden. ”I either have to hold him off/ Or have to hold him up,” she sang in Thank Your Lucky Stars. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, was the first person to accrue ten Academy Award nominations (and one write-in) for acting, and was the first woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. In 1999, Davis was placed second on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema. In 1983, after filming the pilot episode for the television series Hotel, Davis was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy. Within two weeks of her surgery, she had four strokes which caused paralysis in the left side of her face and in her left arm, and left her with slurred speech. Davis collapsed during the American Cinema Awards in 1989, and later discovered that her cancer had returned. Too weak to make the long journey back to the U.S., she traveled to France, where she died of metastasized breast cancer on October 6, 1989, at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Davis was 81 years old. Bette was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood, California.

popular name: Judy Tyler

date_of_death: July 3, 1957

age: 24

cause_of_death: Car accident

claim_to_fame: Show Business

best_know_for: Judy Tyler was an American actress and began acting as a teenager on Howdy Doody. She later landed a starring role in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Pipe Dream. Life did a story on rising Broadway talent with Tyler on the magazine's cover as one of the up-and-coming stars. Once in Hollywood, Tyler appeared in the film Bop Girl Goes Calypso (1957), then starred opposite Elvis Presley as his love interest in Jailhouse Rock (1957). After completing filming of the Presley movie, she and her second husband, Gregory Lafayette, left Hollywood to return to their home in New York. While driving through Wyoming, they were involved in an automobile accident on U.S. Route 287 near Rock River. She was killed instantly, age 24, and her husband, died the following day, also age 24.

popular name: Stan Laurel

date_of_death: February 23, 1965

age: 74

cause_of_death: Heart attack

claim_to_fame: Show Business

best_know_for: Stan Laurel was a British-born comic actor, writer, and director best known as one half of the legendary comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. Born Arthur Stanley Jefferson, he came from a theatrical family and began performing at an early age. Laurel emigrated to the United States in the 1910s and initially worked in vaudeville and silent films. His partnership with Oliver Hardy began in the mid-1920s and quickly became one of the most beloved acts in film history, blending slapstick with subtle character-driven humor. Laurel was the creative force behind much of their work, contributing to writing and directing duties even when uncredited. The duo's chemistry and timing left a lasting impact on comedy, influencing generations of performers. After Hardy's death in 1957, Laurel retired from show business but remained a cherished figure in entertainment until his own death on February 23, 1965, in Santa Monica, California. Like hundreds of other Hollywood actors and comedians, the grave of Stan Laurel can be found at Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles, California.