Douglas Fairbanks Jr.’s Death – Cause and Date

The movie actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr. died at the age of 90. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Son of a famous silent actor who starred in The Prisoner of Zenda. In 1947, he appeared in Sinbad the Sailor, and in 1981, he appeared in Ghost Story.

He married actress Joan Crawford in 1929, but their relationship ended after her affair with actor Clark Gable.

On the morning of May 7, 2000, Fairbanks died at the age of 90 of a heart attack and was interred at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California, in the same tomb as his father.

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I’ve often accused my grandchildren of never having seen one of my films.

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I never tried to emulate my father. Anyone trying to do that would be a second-rate carbon copy.

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Curiously enough, I was one of the first to have some say in Hollywood. By sheer accident, I had four successes in a row in the early 30’s and, although I was still in my 20’s, I demanded and received approval of cast, story and director. I don’t know how I got away with it, but I did!

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I am not a socialite, though I seem to have got the reputation for being one. I have some very good friends who happen to be in so-called Society; but Society as such is a bore and holds no fascination for me.

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I never kissed my father until he was on his death bed.