It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
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Gorcey, whose funeral services will be Friday, rose to stardom in the street kid role, and never escaped it the rest of his professional life. He died Monday of a recurring ailment at Merritt Hospital in Oakland. The hospital declined to disclose the exact cause of death. Gorcey jwould have been 52 Tuesday.
Leo Bernard Gorcey (June 3, 1917 [1] – June 2, 1969) was an American stage and film actor, famous for portraying the leader of a group of hooligans known variously as the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids and, as adults, The Bowery Boys.
In 1945, Leo married Evalene Bankston; they divorced in 1948. Leo was to have paid her $50,000 in a divorce settlement; however, when two detectives she hired broke into his home, he retaliated by firing his gun at them. They sued, and Leo countersued for illegal entry and won $35,000 back.
Dec 15, 2013 · LEO GORCEY DIES; IN 'DEAD-END KIDS'. Retired Actor Was Rancher- Movie Created a Style. OAKLAND, California, June 3 (AP) - Leo Gorcey, the actor who played in the original Dead-End Kids, and then in the Bowery Boys, died yesterday after a long illness. He was 52 years old.
May 2, 2020 · Actor Leo Gorcey rose to fame as leader of a group of young hooligans known variously as the Dead End Kids, The East Side Kids and, as adults, The Bowery Boy...
Leo Gorcey breathed his last on 2nd June 1969, just a day before his 52nd birthday. His died of liver failure due to excessive alcoholism. He was buried at the Molinos Cemetery, in Los Molinos, California.
Leo Gorcey. Actor: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. Leo Gorcey's parents were actor Bernard Gorcey (born 1888) who stood 4' 10", and Josephine Condon (born 1901), who stood 4' 11" and weighed 95 pounds; they worked in vaudeville in New York. In 1915, 14-year-old Josephine gave birth to Fred.
Dec 12, 2006 · Back in the late 1950s up until his death from alcoholism in 1969 at a young age, Leo was mostly thought of as a character because of his public demeanor.
He stayed married to her until his death from liver failure on June 2, 1969, in Oakland, California.
Died: 2-Jun - 1969. Location of death: Oakland, CA. Cause of death: Liver Failure. Remains: Buried, Molinos Cemetery, Los Molinos, CA. Gender: Male. Religion: Jewish. Race or Ethnicity: White. Sexual orientation: Straight. Occupation: Actor.
- June 3, 1917
- June 2, 1969
