The late 50s-early 60s: Death of the Golden Era Movie Star

[FedoraFan112390]

IMO, the Golden Era began during the 1930s and ends around 1963. And I've noticed quite a few of BIG TIME Golden Era leading man deaths in this period: Humphrey Bogart, dying at age 57 in 1957; Tyrone Power, dying at age 44 in 1958; Ronald Coleman, dying at age 67 in 1958; Errol Flynn, dying at age 50 in 1959; Clark Gable, dying at age 59 in November 1960. It really does seem like the late 50s/early 60s marked the death of the era, literally and metaphorically...Are there any other Golden Era celebrity deaths you know of in this period?

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

It seems that 1964 was a particularly bad year for Golden Era stars, as well as other historic figures:

Gracie Allen
William Bendix
Nacio Herb Brown (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
Eddie Cantor
Alan Ladd
Peter Lorre
Harpo Marx

 

[Rathdown]

It was also the death of the studio system that had created both golden era film and golden era stars. The late 50's and the 60's saw a new breed of studio executives in tinsel town, executives more interested in making "the deal" than in making "the movie"...