Peter Lawford
24 December 1984 (aged 61)
- United Kingdom
- United States
Actor
1930–1984
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Mary Rowan(m. 1971; div. 1975)
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Deborah Gould(m. 1976; div. 1977)
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Patricia Seaton(m. 1984)
4, including Christopher Lawford
- Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford (father)
He was a member of the "Rat Pack" and the brother-in-law of US president John F. Kennedy and senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward Kennedy. From the 1940s to the 1960s, he was a well-known celebrity and starred in a number of highly acclaimed films. In later years, he was noted more for his off-screen activities as a celebrity than for his acting; it was said that he was "famous for being famous".[3]
Death[edit]
Lawford died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve 1984, aged 61, from cardiac arrest. He suffered from kidney failure and liver failure after years of substance abuse.[55] His body was cremated, and his ashes were interred at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.[56] Owing to a dispute between his widow and the cemetery, Lawford's ashes were removed from the cemetery in 1988 and scattered into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California by his widow Patricia Seaton Lawford, who invited the National Enquirer tabloid to photograph the event.[57]
For his contribution to the television industry, Peter Lawford has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6920 Hollywood Boulevard.[58]
A plaque bearing Lawford's name was erected at Westwood Village Memorial Park.