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Wednesday 21st of January 1959

65 years ago He Went to the Morgue Instead



Film director Cecil Blount DeMille dies of heart failure at the age of 78 in Hollywood, California, United States.


On the evening before DeMille's doctor paid him a visit at home and seeing how weak the director was advised that he go to the hospital at once. DeMille merely replied "No, I think I'll go to the morgue instead."