Gracie Allen’s Death – Cause and Date

The movie actress Gracie Allen died at the age of 69. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Scatterbrained comedienne and partner of George Burns who starred in A Damsel in Distress in 1937. She became famous for the phrase, “Goodnight, Gracie.”

She married actor George Burns, and the couple adopted two children in the 1930s.

What did Gracie Allen pass away from?

Despite experiencing multiple mild heart attacks in the years before her death, Miss Allen continued to be actively involved in Hollywood society.

Gracie Allen died of a heart at­tack on August 27, 1964, at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. She was 69 years old.

Her husband, George Burns, was at her side.

Funeral

Funeral services for Allen were held at the Church of the Recessional. Honorary pallbearers include Kirk Douglas and Bobby Darin.

Burial

Allen’s crypt has the wrong year of birth, it says 1902 but she was actually born 1895. The New York Times reported her age as 58 at the time of her passing.

In 1996, at the age of 100, George Burns’ remains were laid to rest alongside hers. The inscription on the crypt was changed from “Grace Allen Burns—Beloved Wife And Mother (1902–1964)” to “Gracie Allen (1902–1964) and George Burns (1896–1996)—Together Again”.

Quotes

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"This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances."

Gracie Allen

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"I really don't act. I just live what George and I are doing. It has to make some sort of sense to me, or it won't ring true. No matter what the script says, there's no audience and no footlights and no camera for me. There's no make-believe. It's for real."

Gracie Allen

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"When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half."

Gracie Allen

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"Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years."

Gracie Allen

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"The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow."

Gracie Allen