Les Podewell Death
Les passed away on November 22, 1998 at the age of 91 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
When did Les Podewell die?
November 22, 1998How old was Les Podewell when died?
91Where did Les Podewell die? What was the location of death?
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Les Podewell Birthday and Date of Death
Les Podewell was born on November 3, 1907 and died on November 22, 1998. Les was 91 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: November 3, 1907
Date of Death: November 22, 1998
Age at Death: 91
Les Podewell - Biography
November 26, 1998|By Anthony Burke Boylan, Tribune Staff Writer. 164Les Podewell, 91, was a Chicago actor who starred with everyone from Tyrone Power to Bill Murray and performed work from radio episodes of "Sky King," "The Shadow" and "Little Orphan Annie" to a David Mamet play.He died Nov. 19 in his Evanston home after complications from a stroke in August.An actor until the end, Mr. Podewell was taken to Evanston Hospital after his stroke. The neurologists who were trying to gauge his coherence asked him to name the president of the United States and to tell them how many fingers they were holding up. At the urging of his daughter Polly, he instead regaled them with the Player's Speech, a soliloquy from Shakespeare's "Hamlet," which he last had performed in the 1930s.
