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Stanwyck died on January 20, 1990, at the age of 82, from congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California.
Barbara Stanwyck was an American actress, a film and television star, known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong screen presence, and a favorite of directors including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang and Frank Capra.
Mack, along with playwright David Belasco, gave her a new name to mark her transition from chorus girl (“Ruby Stevens”) to dramatic actress (“Barbara Stanwyck”). She also like to call herself “Mrs. Frank Fay,” which she often had to do, when, for instance, she was bailing Fay out of drunk tanks on both coasts.
Barbara did not have any biological children due to, allegedly, a botched abortion in her youth, but she adopted a son with Frank Fay in 1932 named Dion. Dion always comes up in any Stanwyck conversation.
Barbara Stanwyck, whose talent, blue eyes and pulsating voice made her a dominant presence during 60 years of stage, screen and television appearances, died Saturday of heart failure. She was 82.
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