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Actor, Soldier, Memoirist, and Novelist. Most remembered for his dapper English roles in such films as the Pink Panther series, Around the World in Eighty Days (1956), and numerous other films, he won the Academy Award for Best Male Performance for his role in Separate Tables (1958). Born in London, England, the son of...
Niven's father, William Niven, was of Scottish descent; he was killed in the First World War serving with the Berkshire Yeomanry during the Gallipoli campaign on 21 August 1915. He is buried in Green Hill Cemetery , Turkey, in the Special Memorial Section in Plot F. 10. [5]
Aug 3, 1983 · The actor David Niven was buried today in this tiny Swiss mountain resort after modest ceremonies attended by his family, Prince Rainier of Monaco, the actress Audrey Hepburn and other friends....
David Niven's grave site in his former home of Château d-Oex in Switzerland. If you like the video please checkout some of my other videos from Switzerland. ...
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Aug 23, 2022 · According to Britannica, he graduated from the illustrious Sandhurst Military Academy before embarking on an acting career, following in the footsteps of his father, Lieutenant William Edward Graham Niven (who, per Commonwealth War Graves, was killed during the Gallipoli campaign of World War I).
David Niven was buried on 2nd August 1983, a bright summer’s day, at the same local church in Chateau D’Oex where he had gone to pray for Kristina’s recovery six years before.
Aug 2, 1983 · CHATEAU D'OEX, Switzerland -- David Niven was buried Tuesday in a private ceremony at a tiny church graveyard while Yehudi Menuhin played the violin and Prince Rainier of Monaco comforted the...
