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Cary Grant: Davenport Iowa
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Cary Grant died in Davenport, Iowa, on Nov. 29, 1986, at the age of 82, while on a speaking tour. In 1999, when the American Film Institute announced its list of the 50 greatest American screen legends, Grant was ranked second among the top 25 men.
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During the last years of his life, Grant had been touring across the USA with a show entitled, "A Conversation with Cary Grant". In this show he presented clips from his movies and answered the questions presented by his delighted audience. It was just before one of these performances, in Davenport, Iowa, on November 29, 1986 that Grant suffered a severe stroke and died.
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In the last few years of his life, Grant undertook tours of the USA with his "A Conversation with Cary Grant", in which he would show clips from his films and afterward hold a question-and-answer session with the audience. It was just before one of these performances — in Davenport, Iowa — that Grant suffered a severe stroke and died in hospital a few hours later. His cremated ashes were given to his family.
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In the last few years of his life, Grant undertook tours of the United States in a one man show. It was called "A Conversation with Cary Grant", in which he would show clips from his films and answer audience questions. Grant was preparing for a performance at the Adler Theater in Davenport, Iowa on the afternoon of November 29, 1986 when he suffered a massive stroke. He died later that night at St. Luke's Hospital at age 82.
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Grant died of a stroke November 29, 1986, in Davenport, Iowa, where he was scheduled to appear in a one-man show of filmclips and reminiscences. Among hismany eulogies was a tribute from President Ronald Reagan that read, "[Grant]was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood, and his elegance, wit and charmwill endure forever on film and in our hearts." Similarly, in a Newsweek article of December 8, 1986, David Ansen called Grant "The embodiment . . . of charm and elegance and effortless accomplishment" and mourned the loss of theworld's "quintessential romantic icon, probably the most purely likable leading man in the history of the movies."
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