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On January 29, 1964, his butler said that he saw Ladd on his bed at 10 am; when he returned at 3:30 pm, he found Ladd dead on his bed. His death, due to cerebral edema caused by an acute overdose of alcohol, a barbiturate, and two tranquilizers containing at least two depressants, was ruled accidental.
Alan Walbridge Ladd Jr., a native of Hot Springs (Garland County), was a movie actor who rose from poverty and starred in forty-seven films, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s. He often portrayed a solitary hero with a conscience and is best known for his title role in the classic western Shane (1953).
Oscar winner Alan Ladd Jr. was honored with the 2,348th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Surviving are his widow, the former Sue Carol; a son by his first marriage, Alan Jr., a daughter, Alana, and another son, David, and a stepdaughter, Mrs. Carol Lee Veitch.
When diminutive Alan Ladd made movies like “Shane,” fellow cast members stood in a trench to make the star look taller. In “Clifford,” with Martin Short, everyone else stands on apple boxes and elevated walkways--to make the star look smaller.
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