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ACTOR RAY MILLAND DIED ON THIS DAY

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Ray Milland (Alfred Reginald Jones)
(3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986)


Ray Milland was a Welsh-American actor and film director
who is often remembered for his portrayal of an alcoholic
writer in
Billy Wilder‘s The Lost Weekend (1945), which
won him
Best Actor at Cannes, a Golden Globe Award,
and ultimately an
Academy Award.

       
Milland died of
lung cancer at the Torrance Memorial
Medical
Center in Torrance, California, on 10 March
1986. He was 79  years old. In line with his instructions,
no funeral was held.          
 

His body was cremated, and his ashes were scattered
into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of
Redondo Beach, California.  

        
      
         

      
      
      
      
     

        

       
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