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On 26 August 1978, Boyer died by suicide with an overdose of Seconal while at a friend's home in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was taken to the hospital in Phoenix, Arizona , where he died, [43] two days after his wife's death from cancer, and two days before his own 79th birthday.
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He was so faithful to her that he decided to commit suicide two days after her death in 1978.
- Actor, Producer, Soundtrack
- August 26, 1978
- August 28, 1899
Jun 3, 2024 · Their only child, Michael Charles Boyer, died in 1965, reportedly a suicide. In August 1978 Pat succumbed to cancer, and days later Boyer committed suicide. This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica .
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Feb 26, 2014 · Death: Two days after the death of Boyer’s wife of 44 years, and two days before his 79th birthday, Boyer deliberately overdosed on barbiturates. (Nearly 13 years earlier, the couple’s only ...
Aug 27, 1978 · Charles Boyer, the suave, French-born actor who courted a bevy of leading ladies in films during the 1930s and 1940s and became one of Warner Bros.’ top stars, died Saturday at a local hospital.
He was so faithful to her that he decided to commit suicide two days after her death in 1978.
