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Article: FRANK CAPRA, 94, DIES; PRAISED COMMON MAN.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- September 4, 1991
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Byline: Combined wire services
Frank Capra, the Academy Award-winning director whose movies were suffused with affectionate portrayals of the common man and the strengths and foibles of American democracy, died Tuesday at his home. He was 94 and lived in La Quinta, Calif., a suburb of Palm Springs.
Capra died in his sleep, said his son, Tom Capra, executive producer of NBC's "Today Show" in New York. Capra "died of natural causes. He just didn't wake up," his son said. He said his father suffered a series of minor strokes several years ago and had been under 24-hour nursing care.
Capra, the son of illiterate Sicilian peasants who came to this ...