Movie Actor

Walter Brennan’s Death – Cause and Date

The movie actor Walter Brennan died at the age of 80. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Cowboy star who played Grandpa McCoy on The Real McCoys. He, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Jack Nicholson are the first three men to win three Oscar Awards.

He married Ruth Wells in 1920. Their relationship lasted until he died in 1974.

Brennan missed a lot of his teeth. Apparently, he lost a bunch of them during an accident in a film shoot in 1932. Some claimed he had been kicked in the mouth by a mule.

How did Walter Brennan die?

The actor spent his last years mostly in retirement at his ranch in Moorpark in Ventura County, California. On September 21, 1974, he died of emphysema at the age of 80 in Oxnard, California.

Burial

His remains were interred at San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Walter Brennan grave
Final resting place: Walter and Ruth Brennan’s grave at San Fernando Mission Catholic Cemetery

Quotes

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"I'm not a glamour boy, and I never get the girl. I like to play old people, because there's something to them. Did you ever see anybody under 30 with any real character or expression in his face?"

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