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Film Actor Donald Meek died Monday at Hollywood Presbyterian hospital, where he had been under treatment for two weeks for acute leukemia
Film Actor Donald Meek died Monday at Hollywood Presbyterian hospital, where he had been under treatment for two weeks for acute leukemia

Film Actor Donald Meek died Monday at Hollywood Presbyterian hospital, where he had been under treatment for two weeks for acute leukemia

Date11/20/1946
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  • Film Actor Donald Meek died Monday at Hollywood Presbyterian hospital, where he had been under treatment for two weeks for acute leukemia
  • Film Actor Donald Meek died Monday at Hollywood Presbyterian hospital; where he had been under treatment for two weeks for acute leukemia.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Film Actor Donald Meek died Monday at Hollywood Presbyterian hospital; where he had been under treatment for two weeks for acute leukemia.
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Donald Meek?, Lovable character actor, is seen in an important role in the new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production Barnacle Bill, starring Wallace Beery
Donald Meek?, Lovable character actor, is seen in an important role in the new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production Barnacle Bill, starring Wallace Beery
Toronto Star (Firm)
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11/9/1971
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Darrell, Dick
9/21/1978
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Gower, Patti
4/8/1991
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6/26/1978
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Darrell, Dick
9/19/1973
Gary Dee, a 27-year-old New York actor now working in Toronto, had silicone chin and cheek implants and his nose refined, thinning the end and shorten(...)
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It's his brother, In town this week portraying a second edition of his famous movie actor brother is Thomas Herbert, who for years has doubled as Hugh
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Toronto Star (Firm)
1/10/1939
Veteran actor Walter Pidgeon drew an admiring group of women fans at the opening of the new movie, The Neptune Factor, this week at the Imperial six theatre. [Incomplete]
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Columbia provides this proof of Hollywood domestic happiness, an interior shot in the Westwood Hills super bungalow of the Lee Bowmans. The baby is Le(...)
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Toronto Star (Firm)
5/11/1946