Literally the last word for Hollywood trivia buffs, a celebrity death certificate is also strangely compelling. Its matter-of-fact reportage makes the famous ordinary, illuminating previously well-lit profiles with the unfiltered light of the everyday. A death certificate may also reveal information that stars assiduously concealed, such as actual birthdates. In California, home to many of Hollywood's brightest stars, death certificates are a matter of public record-and consequently an untapped mine of information.

This follow-up to M.F. Steen's previous collection (2003) reproduces in full another 182 of the death certificates of the entertainment industry's dearly departed.

Brief biographical notes are included, listing birth and professional name as well as notable film, TV and entertainment credits. This follow-up edition features 185 new entertainers, including the Marx brothers, Jim Backus, Mel Blanc, Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando, Lloyd Bridges, Charles Bronson, Johnny Carson, James Coburn, Rodney Dangerfield, Norman Fell, Ella Fitzgerald, Red Foxx, Alexander Gudinov (only 45 years old), Bob Hope, Gregory Peck, Robert Stack, David O. Selznick and many more.

You can now order a Special Edition copy of Volume 1 signed by author and "Mortician to the Stars" M.F. Steen.
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