THE DETROIT NEWS, Aug. 16, 1926 

* Silent film star Rudolph Valentino collapses 
* Latin Lover - "The Sheik" actor
* Would die 7 days later - prelude 

The front page has a one column photo of Valentino with heading: "SHEIK OF FILMS OUT OF DANGER and subhead. (see images) 
Complete with all 38 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, more so along the spine, generally in good condition.

Background: On August 16, 1926, silent screen heartthrob Rudolph Valentino underwent emergency surgery at New York Polyclinic Hospital after collapsing from what surgeons initially suspected was acute appendicitis, but which revealed a severe perforated gastric ulcer alongside an inflamed appendix. Although doctors repaired the perforation and removed his appendix, the leaked gastric contents had already caused systemic infection, resulting in peritonitis and pleuritis that claimed the 31-year-old actor’s life on August 23, 1926. The profound historical and medical significance of this surgery lies not only in its triggering of unprecedented international grief and widespread public hysteria—defining the ultimate height of early Hollywood celebrity culture—but also in its lasting medical legacy: the term "Valentino's syndrome" was coined to describe a perforated ulcer whose fluid tracks down the abdomen to mimic appendicitis, while his sudden death pre-antibiotic era serves as a stark historical marker of how lethal internal infections remained before modern medicine.