Errol Flynn Takes j]
Last Bow In
Death at 50
VANCOUVER, B.C., WV-Swash
buckling matinee idol Errol Flynn,
one of the last of the gallant
screen greats of two decades ago,
was dead today in this British
Columbia metropolis. He was 50.
Flynn, grown paunchy and grey
ing but still exuding charrd, was
stricken Wednesday night in an
apartment where he had dropped
in for a drink. He apparently died
of a heart attack.
Flynn’s life ended in surround
ings he liked best — with good
liquor on hand and a beautiful
young protege nearby.
Moments before he had been
the life of the party. Then he
complained of back pains and lay
down in the bedroom. Dr. Grant
Gould, in whose apartment he
was visiting, examined Flynn and
had him remain quiet after ad
ministering a sedative. Then his
breathing suddenly stopped.
The doctor tried mouth breath
ing until an inhalator squad could
arrive, but it was no use.
Flynn and his latest protege, 17
year-old Hollywood starlet Bev
erly Aadland, had come here five
days earlier to negotiate the sale
of his $100,000 yacht Zaca.
His hostess during his visit,
Mrs. George Caldough, said Flynn
had expressed the wish more than
once to be buried at his ranch in
Jamaica. She said Miss Aadland
would try to have his wishes
carried out.
“He died laughing,” Mrs. Cal
dough said.
Flynn and his young companion
were enroute to the airport with j
the Caldoughs and other friends
when they decided to stop for a
drink with Dr. Gould, who had
wanted to meet the actor.
“For two hours Errol stood,
with his back against the door
and talked about his experiences
with some of the greats of the
movie world,” Mrs. Caldough said
in an interview.
“His eyes lit up as he stood
waving his arms around in magni
ficent gestures as he imitated these
movie greats. It was a beautiful j
performance.
“He told us wonderful stories
. . . He was a great storyteller.”
The Caldoughs, who planned to
buy Flynn’s yacht, were longtime
friends of the actor.
They said his visit at their |
home was quiet. A recurrence of
malaria kept him abed Sunday
and Monday. He also complained
that the damp weather had ag
gravated a back pain caused by
slipped discs.
He was his usual irrepressible
self when he arrived October 9,
telling reporters at the airport
the movies were no longer impor
tant to him.
“The rest of my life will be j
devoted to women and litigation !
... I like young women because ;
they give you a feeling of youth,” |
he said.
Later in another brief inter- !
view at the Caldough home, he
quipped:
“I’vd always been one to burn 1
the midnight Errol.”
The only trouble with being a |
good sport is that you have to j
lose to prove that you are.
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Barry Fitzgerald Reported
Seriously 111 in Ireland
DUBLIN, Ireland, (P> — Barry
Fitzgerald, veteran Irish star of
stage and screen, was reported
seriously ill yesterday in a Dub
lin nursing home.
The hospital declined to give
any information about the condi
tion of the 71-year-old actor be
yond saying he was resting quite
comfortably. But close friends
said Fitzgerald’s illness is serious
and that doctors were examining
him for a possible brain tumor.
Fitzgerald, a puckish little man
who specialized in whimsical
Irish comedy, came home from
Hollywood last May for a vaca
tion. He was admitted to the nurs
ing home last week.
A WELL-EARNED REST
RED BLUFF, Calif., CP — Janet
Thomas, 16, has been hospitalized
for good reason.
A porcupine fell out of a tree,
scaring her horse, the horse
reared, throwing her, she dropped
her rifle, the horse stepped on
it, and the rifle shot her in the leg.
Alaska-Based Air Force
Fighter Squadron Scores
High At Florida Meet
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE,
Fla., (Pi — A fighter-interceptor
squadron from Alaska took the
lead yesterday in the Air Force’s
worldwide weapons meet.
. Another day of bad weather
prevented several sorties, how
ever, and the standings after the
second day of the meet were not
realistic.
The 317th Squadron from El
mendorf AFB, flew two mis
sions for 1,200 points yesterday to
add to ns 600 points in a previous
mission for a total of 1,800.
The squadron flies F102 Delta
Daggers and fires heat-seeking
Falcon missiles.
The “William Tell” meet will
last through October 23.
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Fisherman Angles
For $6,230 in Taxes
BALTIMORE, Itfi — When Bill
Simmons pulled in a fish worth
$25,000 over a year ago, he
dreamed of putting it up as a
showpiece and the money in his ;
pocket.
He still has Diamond Jim III
mounted on the wall of his home,
but he’s trying to reel in $6,230
that slipped away.
The 31-year-old former long
shoreman. who was jobless at the
time, has put his lawyer to work
to try to get it back from govern
ment tax collectors.
The question is: Was he trying
to produce income or was he
simply fishing for recreation?
Simmons caught the 10-pound
rockfish under the Chesapeake
Bay Bridge August 6, 1958. A
local brewery had tagged' the fish
and released it earlier in the
year, offering $25,000 to the lucky
fisherman who landed it.
When Simmons began spending
the money, the Internal Revenue
Service seized $6,230 last October
29 to be sure of getting a share
i before income tax filing time.
Through his attorney Simmons
i argues that he was not looking
for Diamond Jim III. He was just
! out for a good time and did not
work for the $25,000. It there
fore was windfall and not tax
able, he contends.
I n t e r n a 1 Revenue officials
haven’t bitten on that one so far.
His attorney tossed out another
line. He reasoned that if going
after a tagged fish is a business
enterprise, every sportsman on
the bay could say he is looking
for Diamond Jim’s annual- suc
cessors.
So, they could deduct th^ ex
pense of fishing trips in figuring
income tax. And that, of course,
could cost the government a lot
more than $6,230 in revenue.
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