George C. Scott Death
George passed away on September 22, 1999 at the age of 71 in Westlake Village, California, USA. George's cause of death was burst abdominal aneurysm.
When did George C. Scott die?
September 22, 1999How did George C. Scott die? What was the cause of death?
Burst abdominal aneurysmHow old was George C. Scott when died?
71Where did George C. Scott die? What was the location of death?
Westlake Village, California, USA
George C. Scott Birthday and Date of Death
George C. Scott was born on October 18, 1927 and died on September 22, 1999. George was 71 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: October 18, 1927
Date of Death: September 22, 1999
Age at Death: 71
George C. Scott - Biography
George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999) was an American stage and film actor, director, and producer. He was best known for his stage work, as well as his portrayal of General George S. Patton in the film Patton, as General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, and as Ebenezer Scrooge in Clive Donner's 1984 film A Christmas Carol. He was the first actor to refuse the Academy Award for Best Actor (for Patton in 1970), having warned the Academy beforehand that he would refuse it on philosophical grounds.
In 1963, Scott starred in the hour-long television drama series East Side/West Side. He portrayed a New York City social worker, along with co-stars Cicely Tyson and Elizabeth Wilson. Scott was a major creative influence on the show, resulting in conflicts with James T. Aubrey, the head of CBS. The Emmy Award-winning program had a series of prominent guest stars, including James Earl Jones. The portrayal of challenging urban issues made attracting advertisers difficult, not helped by the limited distribution. Not all CBS network affiliates broadcast the show, and it was cancelled after one season.
Scott was married five times. Carolyn Hughes (m. 1951–1955); one daughter, Victoria, born December 19, 1952. Patricia Reed (m. 1955–1960); two children: Matthew – born May 27, 1957, and actress Devon Scott – born November 29, 1958. He married Canadian-born actress Colleen Dewhurst (m. 1960–1965), by whom he had two sons, writer Alexander Scott (born August 1960), and actor Campbell Scott (born July 19, 1961). Dewhurst nicknamed her husband "G.C." He remarried Colleen Dewhurst on July 4, 1967, but they divorced for a second time on February 2, 1972. He married American actress Trish Van Devere on September 4, 1972, with whom he starred in several films, including the supernatural thriller The Changeling (1980). Scott adopted Trish's nephew, George Dewey Scott II, and resided in Malibu. They remained married until his death in 1999.
Scott suffered a series of heart attacks in the 1980s. He died on September 22, 1999, aged 71, of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. He was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California in an unmarked grave located to the right of that of Walter Matthau.
