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Death of the world's first real movie star, Mary Pickford...
Death of the world's first real movie star, Mary Pickford...
Item # 722898
May 30, 1979
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, May 30, 1979
* Mary Pickford death (1st report)
* Canadian-American film movie actress
* "America's Sweetheart" "Girl with the Curls"
The bottom of the front page has a small heading with photo: "Mary Pickford dead at 86"
Pages 6 & 7 has more related photos with heading: "Mary Pickford, star of silent films, dies" (see images)
Complete with all 128 pages, tabloid size, very nice condition.
AI notes: Mary Pickford, one of the most influential figures in early Hollywood and famously known as “America’s Sweetheart,” died on May 29, 1979, at the age of 87 in Santa Monica, California. A pioneering actress, producer, and co-founder of United Artists, Pickford helped shape the modern film industry and was among the first performers to wield real creative and financial control in Hollywood. Her death followed several years of declining health after suffering a serious stroke in the mid-1970s, which left her largely confined to her home. Although she had withdrawn from public life long before her passing, her death marked the symbolic end of the silent-film era’s most enduring star, and she was widely mourned as a foundational figure in American cinema whose legacy extended far beyond her beloved screen persona.
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