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'Singin' in the Rain' Star O'Connor Dies
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Sep 28, 2003 01:48pm |
| Category | Obituary |
| News Date | Sep 28, 2003 12:00am |
| Description | Adding to a recent morbid theme/trend that seems to be developing.
The article said he lived in Arizona in recent years, that is why I put it under Arizona.
We almost need a special subcategory under the United States or elsewhere listing all the recent deaths.
Entertainer Donald O'Connor, who combined comedy and acrobatics in the show-stopping "Make 'Em Laugh" number in the classic movie "Singin' in the Rain," died Saturday, his daughter said. He was 78.
O'Connor, who had been in declining health in recent years, died of heart failure at a retirement home in Calabasas, his daughter, Alicia O'Connor, told The Associated Press.
In a brief statement, the family said that among O'Connor's last words was the following quip: "I'd like to thank the Academy for my lifetime achievement award that I will eventually get."
O'Connor won an Emmy, but never an Oscar. He was best known for films he made in the 1950s a series of highly successful "Francis the Talking Mule" comedies and movie musicals that put his song and dance talents to good use.
"He was such a fine man and was one of the great ones," actor Tony Curtis said Saturday.
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