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Bela Lugosi Death in 1956...
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August 17, 1956
TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, August 17, 1956
* Bela Lugosi death 1st report
* Count Dracula - Vampire
This 18 page newspaper has one column headline on page 8: "Death Takes Bela Lugosi"
* Bela Lugosi death 1st report
* Count Dracula - Vampire
This 18 page newspaper has one column headline on page 8: "Death Takes Bela Lugosi"
Other news of the day. Light browning with little margin wear, otherwise good.
wikipedia notes: Béla Lugosi (20 October 1882 – 16 August 1956) was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen, well known for playing Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version. In the last years of his career he featured in several of Ed Wood's low budget films.
Lugosi died of a heart attack on August 16, 1956 while lying on a couch in his Los Angeles home. He was 73. Rumor has it that Lugosi was clutching the script for The Final Curtain, a planned Ed Wood project, at the exact moment of his death. However, this is not true.
Lugosi was buried wearing one of the Dracula stage play costumes, per the request of his son and fourth wife, in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Contrary to popular belief, Lugosi never requested to be buried in his cloak; Bela Lugosi, Jr. has confirmed on numerous occasions that he and his mother, Lillian, made the decision.
wikipedia notes: Béla Lugosi (20 October 1882 – 16 August 1956) was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen, well known for playing Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version. In the last years of his career he featured in several of Ed Wood's low budget films.
Lugosi died of a heart attack on August 16, 1956 while lying on a couch in his Los Angeles home. He was 73. Rumor has it that Lugosi was clutching the script for The Final Curtain, a planned Ed Wood project, at the exact moment of his death. However, this is not true.
Lugosi was buried wearing one of the Dracula stage play costumes, per the request of his son and fourth wife, in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Contrary to popular belief, Lugosi never requested to be buried in his cloak; Bela Lugosi, Jr. has confirmed on numerous occasions that he and his mother, Lillian, made the decision.
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