Happy 100th Birthday

Gene Raymond!

AMERICAN FILM ACTOR

né Raymond Guion 

• BORN: August 13, 1908, New York, New York
• DIED: May 2, 1998, Los Angeles, California
• CAUSE OF DEATH: Pneumonia
• BURIAL: Forest Lawn-Glendale, Freedom Mausoleum,

Sanctuary of Heritage, Crypt 203642

(http://www.findagrave.com/ / Tom and Carla)

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Happy 100th Birthday

Lupe Vélez!

MEXICAN-AMERICAN ACTRESS

 née María Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez

• BORN: July 18, 1908, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
• DIED: December 13, 1944, Beverly Hills, California
• CAUSE OF DEATH: Suicide by pills (Seconal)

• PLACE OF DEATH: 732 N. Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills
• FUNERAL: Cunningham & O’Connor Morthuary, 850 W. Washington Blvd.
• BURIAL: Panteón Civil de Dolores, Mexico City

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Happy 100th Birthday

Milton Berle!

AMERICAN COMEDIAN

ne Milton Berlinger 

• BORN: July 12, 1908, New York, New York
• DIED: March 27, 2002, Los Angeles, California
• CAUSE OF DEATH: Colon cancer
• FUNERAL & BURIAL: Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City

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Happy 100th Birthday

Estée Lauder!

AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR

 née Josephine Esther Mentzer

• BORN: July 1, 1908, New York, New York
• DIED: April 24, 2004, Manhattan, New York
• CAUSE OF DEATH: Cardiopulmonary arrest
• Co-founder, with her husband Joseph Lauder, of Estée Lauder Companies, a pioneering cosmetics company
• BURIAL: Beth-El Cemetery, Bergen County, New Jersey

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Happy 100th Birthday

Don Ameche!

AMERICAN ACTOR

ne Dominic Felix Amici

• BORN: May 31, 1908, Kenosha, Wisconsin
• DIED: December 6, 1993, Scottsdale, Arizona
• CAUSE OF DEATH: Prostate cancer
• BURIAL: Resurrection Catholic Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa

[ashes buried in unmarked plot]

Happy 100th Birthday

Mel Blanc!

AMERICAN VOICE SPECIALIST

ne Melvin Jerome Blank

• BORN: May 30, 1908, San Francisco, California
• DIED: July 10, 1989, Los Angeles, California
• CAUSE OF DEATH: Heart disease
• BURIAL: Hollywood Forever Cemetery,
• Section 13, Lot 149, Grave LV102B

 ”Man of 1000 Voices”

For 50 years, Mel Blanc was the voice of many popular cartoon characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Foghorn Leghorn, The Tasmanian Devil, Pepe LePew, Marvin the Martian, Roadrunner’s “Meep meep!”, Barney Rubble and Woody Woodpecker.

Happy 100th Birthday

Robert Morley!

ENGLISH CHARACTOR ACTOR

BORN: May 26, 1908, Semley, Wiltshire, England

DIED: JUNE 3, 1992, Wargrave, Berkshire, England

CAUSE OF DEATH: Stroke

BURIAL: Ashes scattered across graveyard

of parish church at Wargrave

• Title role in Oscar Wilde, Fulton Theatre, New York, October 1938
• His film debut was as Louis XVI with Norma Shearer in Marie Antoinette (1938)
•  ”recognizable by his ungainly bulk, bushy eyebrows, thick lips, and double chin, […] particularly effective when cast as a pompous windbag.” — Leonard Malton
• “a rotund, triple-chinned, delightful character player of the British and American stage and screen.” — Ephraim Katz

Happy 100th Birthday

James Stewart!

 AMERICAN ACTOR

BORN: May 20, 1908, Indiana, Pennsylvania

DIED: July 2, 1997, Los Angeles, California

CAUSE OF DEATH: Cardiac arrest and pulmonary embolism

following respiratory problems

BURIAL: Forest Lawn-Glendale, Wee Kirk Churchyard, Lot 8, Grave 2

Happy 100th Birthday

William Bakewell!

William Bakewell (right) with Ramon

Novarro in Daybreak (1930)

AMERICAN ACTOR

• BORN: May 2, 1908, Los Angeles, California
• DIED: April 15, 1993, Los Angeles, California
• CAUSE OF DEATH: Leukemia
• BURIAL: Cremated, ashes given to family

Happy 100th Birthday

Eve Arden!

AMERICAN ACTRESS