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Article: Douglas Fairbanks Jnr (1909-2000): A swashbuckling gent to the end.(News)
- Article from:
- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 8, 2000
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SCREEN legend Douglas Fairbanks Junior has died at the age of 90.
The actor who swash-buckled his way through some of Hollywood's greatest films joked five years ago: "People think I'm dead already."
But to the end he kept his charm - a relic from a gentler age of the movie business.
The son of screen star Douglas Fairbanks Senior, he appeared in more than 80 films and TV shows in a career spanning half a century.
Fairbanks Junior grew up in New York thinking ...