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Article: Cary Grant's death marks end of an era
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 1, 1986
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Cary Grant is dead, and with him dies an era in motion picture
history. The man who combined debonair charm, classic grace and a
subtle sense of the sinister in some 72 movies died late Saturday of
a stroke in Davenport, Iowa. He was 82.
For Grant, the end came as his adult life had been lived, in the
style of a gentleman. He was in Davenport to make a personal
appearance; he planned to show clips from some of his films and then
answer questions.
At rehearsal Saturday afternoon, "he was chipper," said Lois
Jecklin, chairman of the event. "He made several changes of the
microphone, shifted the stool where he would be sitting and
rearranged some of his film clips."
But as he left the ...