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It's also the final resting place of Bobby Driscoll, who became a household name at the age of 9 with a starring role in Disney's controversial Song of the South. He won an Oscar at 12, and then ...
Oct 16, 2021 · Oct 16, 2021 09:00 P.M. Bobby Driscoll was a child star who won an Oscar at 12 and eventually passed away alone in an abandoned house. Here are details about the life he lived. Advertisement. Bobby Driscoll had a great start in life, but somewhere along the line, he went off track, and according to his friend Billy Gray, it was a choice he made.
One of the last photos of Disney star Bobby Driscoll before his life ended sadly. On March 30, 1968, two boys playing in a deserted East Village tenement at 371 East 10th Street found Driscoll's body lying on a cot, with two empty beer bottles and religious pamphlets scattered on the ground. A post mortem examination determined that he had died ...
May 25, 2022 · Bobby Driscoll suffered a tragic life after Disney dropped him. Alcohol abuse, drug overdose, violent fits, and severe depression. He died alone on a cot in NYC with no one to claim his body ...
- Anna Menta
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- Hollywood Beginnings
- Disney Success and Peter Pan
- Post-Disney Career
- Prison, Drugs, and Andy Warhol
- The Death of A Former Child Star
Bobby Driscoll was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on March 3, 1937. He was the only child to parents Cletus, an insulation salesman, and Isabelle, a former schoolteacher. The family moved to California in 1943 on the advice of Cletus’ doctor, who said the elder Driscoll was experiencing health issues due to his work with asbestos. Driscoll was discover...
Driscoll’s breakout role came in the 1946 film, Song of the South, about a boy who visits his grandfather’s plantation. While the film today is viewed negatively for its depictions of slavery and offensive stereotypes, it made Driscoll a household name. Not long after, he signed a contract with Disney, becoming the first male actor to do so. Drisco...
In 1953, Disney unexpectedly terminated Driscoll’s contract, three years earlier than anticipated. While the reasons for this are unknown, it’s speculated it had to do with the young actor’s appearance. Gone were his round cheeks and freckles, and in their place was a lanky teenager with severe facial acne. Driscoll’s parents enrolled him in West L...
By the time he left Hollywood, Driscoll was feeling abandoned, a sentiment from which he never recovered. His relationship with Marilyn was tumultuous, and the pair married and divorced twice. He began hanging out with the wrong crowd, and soon found himself addicted to heroin. While he still found ways to express himself through artistic means, hi...
In March 1968, two children playing in an abandoned tenement in New York City’s Greenwich Villagecame across the body of a deceased male. He was lying in a cot, surrounded by beer bottles and religious pamphlets. There were no signs of foul play and no identification on the body. Attempts to identify him led nowhere. It was determined the man had d...
Early Years. Robert Cletus “Bobby” Driscoll was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on March 3rd, 1937, to parents Cletus (1901-1969), an insulation salesman, and Isabelle (Kratz) (1897-1972), a former schoolteacher. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Des Moines, where they stayed until early 1943.
Driscoll’s body went unclaimed, he was buried in an unmarked pauper’s grave in New York City’s Potter’s Field on Hart Island, where his remains are to this day. About this Site This website is in tribute and remembrance of the late actor Robert “Bobby” Cletus Driscoll (March 3, 1937- March 30, 1968).
