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- Fairbanks died of a heart attack on 7 May 2000 in New York, aged 90. He was buried in the same crypt as his father in Hollywood. His death made front page news in the Times of London and Buckingham Palace expressed its condolences on his passing.
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Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, producer, and decorated naval officer of World War II. He is best-known for starring in such films as The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), Gunga Din (1939), and The Corsican Brothers (1941).
May 8, 2000 · Fairbanks, debonair denizen of drawing rooms who was born to Hollywood royalty and became a favorite of Britain’s royal family, died Sunday in a New York City hospital. After shuttling between ...
Jun 27, 2022 · Published June 27, 2022. During the early portion of actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr.'s military service during World War II, he yearned to do more. British Adm. Lord Louis Mountbatten, a longtime...
Oct 9, 2024 · Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. was an American actor, socialite, and businessman who had a successful film career before moving on to meritorious World War II service and later pursuing business interests and acting as executive producer and host of a television show as well as giving support to a number.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Douglas Fairbanks Jnr, the swashbuckling film star and diehard Anglophile who threw lavish parties and hobnobbed with royalty, died in New York yesterday aged 90.
In keeping with the low-key style he used so effectively in his new book—which is the sequel to his Hollywood memoir The Salad Days (New York: Doubleday, 1988)—Fairbanks recalled his experiences as a Naval Reserve officer in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters of World War II.
May 8, 2000 · The rakishly handsome Douglas Fairbanks Jr., the son of the swashbuckling superstar of silent films, didn't just glide on his father's coattails: He made his own mark. NEW YORK (AP) -- He earned a chestful of medals, wrote stories, acted in some 75 movies, produced television shows, and served as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's special envoy.
