Gregg Toland

popular name: Eva Gabor

date_of_death: July 4, 1995

age: 76

cause_of_death: Respiratory failure and pneumonia following a fall in a bathtub resulting in a broken hip in Mexico

claim_to_fame: Show Business

best_know_for: Eva Gabor, the youngest of the glamorous sisters from Hungary, who was best known for her role in the television series as Lisa Douglas opposite Eddie Arnold in “Green Acres” After Green Acres and a number of movies, she became a successful businesswomen who devoted herself to promoting Eva Gabor International, the world’s largest wig-maker, where she was chairman of the board.

popular name: Gaspard Ulliel

date_of_death: January 19, 2022

age: 37

cause_of_death: Brain trauma

claim_to_fame: Show Business

best_know_for: Gaspard Ulliel was a talented French actor and model who was known for having portrayed the young Hannibal Lecter in Hannibal Rising (2007), fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in the biopic Saint Laurent (2014), and for being the face of Chanel men's fragrance Bleu de Chanel for twelve years. He also voiced Jack Frost in the French version of Rise of the Guardians (2012), and portrayed Anton Mogart in the Disney+ miniseries Moon Knight (2022). Ulliel began acting at age 12. He won two Cesars, France's equivalent to the Oscars. In 2005 he won the Most Promising Actor Cesar for A Very Long Engagement. Twelve years later he won the Best Actor Cesar for Juste La Fin Du Monde (It's Only The End of the World), opposite Marion Cotillard and Lea Seydoux. He died tragically while on holiday with friends at the La Rosière resort in the Savoie region of the French Alps. The accident occurred in January 2022 when he collided with another skier on a blue ski run. Interesting to note that witnesses who saw the collision commented that neither skier collided very hard and the fall taken by Ulliel was routine to anyone who has skied on a blue run before.

popular name: Carl Switzer

date_of_death: January 21, 1959

age: 31

cause_of_death: Gunshot wounds

claim_to_fame: Show Business

best_know_for: Carl Switzer, the actor who as a child played Alfalfa in the Our Gang comedy film series, was the freckle-faced boy with a warbling singing voice and a cowlick protruding from the top of his head. It was Switzer’s best-known role in his short-lived Hollywood career. Our Gang revolved around a group of ragtag children and their adventures. In addition to Alfalfa, the ensemble of memorable characters included Spanky, Darla, Buckwheat, Froggy, Stymie and Pete the dog. Our Gang was considered groundbreaking in that it featured white and black child actors interacting equally. Switzer played Alfalfa from the mid-1930s to the early 1940s. In 1955, the Our Gang films were turned into a hugely popular TV series called The Little Rascals; however, Switzer never received any royalties from the show. After Our Gang, Switzer found small roles in movies and on television, but his most successful days in Hollywood were behind him. He made money working odd jobs, including stints as a hunting guide and bartender, and had several run-ins with the police. On January 21, 1959, Switzer and a friend went to the Mission Hills home of Moses “Bud” Stiltz, to collect a debt Switzer believed he was owed. A fight broke out, during which Stiltz shot and killed Switzer. A jury later ruled the incident justifiable homicide. Carl was laid to rest at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.