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Bolger was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 1986, and at the end of that year, his health deteriorated and he left his Beverly Hills home to live at a nursing home in Los Angeles, where he died on January 15, 1987, at the age of 83. [3] At the time of his death, Bolger was the last surviving main-credited cast member of The Wizard of Oz. [24]
Granville Adams (October 8, 1963 [1] – October 10, 2021) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Zahir Arif on the HBO television series Oz . He also had a recurring role on the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street as Officer Jeff Westby.
The actor never diminished his involvement in The Wizard of Oz, saying in a 1976 interview that he felt lucky to be a part of a movie that left such an impression on the culture. "It's a great ...
O'Reily is an Irish-American sociopathic hoodlum originally sentenced to 12 years to life for killing two people while driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, then 40 to life after confessing to a murder he had his brother, Cyril, commit. Before he was arrested for his original crime he was running a street gang of Irish-American ...
Granville Adams, best known for his role as Zahir Arif on HBO’s Oz, has passed away following a long battle with cancer. The actor was 58. The news was posted by Oz showrunner and executive ...
Fiyero / The Scarecrow: The Wizard of Oz: Ray Bolger. Originated the role in Wicked on Broadway: Norbert Leo Butz. Wicked the movie: Jonathan Bailey. Boq / The Tin Man: The Wizard of Oz: Jack ...
The Scarecrow appears in many of the later books, including The Scarecrow of Oz (1915) and Ruth Plumly Thompson's The Royal Book of Oz (1921), in which he researches his ancestry. He was played by Ray Bolger in the 1939 movie. That actor also played the Scarecrow's Kansan counterpart, Hunk, who was one of Aunt Em and Uncle Henry's three ...
Pearce was arrested on drug abuse charges, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Pearce died of an apparent suicide, but he did not show signs of depression when officers checked on him throughout the day, according to the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. Jail or Agency: Willoughby Jail; State: Ohio; Date arrested or booked: 4/13/2016; Date of death ...