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So many myths have been written about Marie. I can tell you that her dog did not begin to eat her after her death. She had little bites on her legs when her body was found but it was determined that her faithful little dog was nipping her to “wake her up” sadly she was gone. I wish I knew what happened to that sweet little pup.  Joan Crawford paid for her Funeral she was cremated and her ashes were combined with her mother’s ashes. The location of the remains are unknown.  A big star a Mack Sennett Bathing Beauty in the Silent Movie Era her career faded in the talking picture era. She died from Alcholism and Malnutrition her estate was valued at $300!  The apartment building where she died still stands I drove past it in 2010.  Marie’s Wikipedia Page Marie Prevost

Ten years ago today Heath Ledger was found dead in his Manhattan Apartment. Truly a loss to the Entertainment Community. He left behind an infant daughter he had with x-girlfriend Michelle Williams.  He won a posthumous Oscar for The Dark Knight for his awesome performance as the joker.  Here is his Wikipedia Page Heath Ledger

In 1919 The most perfect lover Wallace Reid was doing a movie titled “valley of the giants” on route to Oregon Reid’s Train was in the accident he had a bad head wound. He was stitched up and given morphine. He became hooked on morphine and the studio Paramount Studios gave him an ample amount of Morphine to keep him working because he was one of their biggest box office money makers.  In 1923 in an effort to get clean Wally checked himself into a sanitarium to get off the morphine. There is also a story that Paramount cut off his access to morphine because his career declined since he became hooked on the drug. So he had no other choice but to check himself into a sanitarium to get off of the Morphine. In any event, he died in the sanitarium from the effects of withdrawal on January 18, 1923. 95 years ago.  He was cremated and interred in the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Glendale when his Widow died in 1977 she was cremated and her ashes were combined with his.  #RIPWALLYANDDOR

Jack Pickford Jack Pickford (born John Charles Smith; August 18, 1896 – January 3, 1933) was a Canadian-born American actor, film director and producer. He was the younger brother of actresses Mary and Lottie Pickford. After their father deserted the family, all three Pickford children began working as child actors on the stage. Mary Pickford later became a highly popular silent film actress, producer and early Hollywood pioneer. While Jack also appeared in numerous films as the "All American boy next door" and was a fairly popular performer, his popularity never matched that of his sister's as his off screen antics overshadowed his career. By the late 1920s, his career had begun to decline due to his penchant for partying and frequent use of drugs and alcohol. In 1933, Pickford died in Paris of progressive multiple neuritis, aged 36. Early Life The Family was impoverished Charlotte Smith depended on the Children for Income. The Children performed o

Happy Birthday to Film history’s first movie star Florence Lawrence aka as “The Biograph Girl” She had a very sad end she was disfigured in a fire and she took her own life by eating ant paste which is a slow painful death from mercury poisoning. Roddy McDowell marked her grave. She is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Flo's WIKI Page

Billy Haines is 118 today if he were alive of course... Charles William "Billy" Haines (January 2, 1900 – December 26, 1973), known professionally as William Haines, was an American film actor and interior designer. Haines was discovered by a talent scout and signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1922. His career gained momentum when he was lent to Columbia Pictures, where he received favorable reviews for his role in The Midnight Express. Haines returned to MGM and was cast in the 1926 film Brown of Harvard. The role solidified his screen persona as a wisecracking, arrogant leading man. By the end of the 1920s, Haines had appeared in a string of successful films and was a popular box-office draw. His career was cut short by the 1930s due to his refusal to deny his homosexuality. Haines quit acting in 1935 and started a successful interior design business with his life partner Jimmie Shields, and was supported by friends in Hollywood. Haines died of lun

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