Stan outlived Ollie. Apparently even after Ollie died Stan was still writing scripts for films they could’ve been in. He just had that creative itch to scratch
Stan was also in the Los Angeles phone book. So people would be able to call him and chat about his career. Dick Van Dyke ended up meeting him that way if I remember correctly. He chatted to him and went and visited him.
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Both showing the effects of serious illnesses, Stan Laurel, left, and Oliver Hardy mug in one of the gestures which used to convulse movie audiences, at Laurel's home in Santa Monica, California on July 20, 1956. Hardy lives 20 miles away. TV audiences are laughing now, at revivals of the team's old slapstick comedy films. They plan a comeback, in movies for TV, as soon as their health permits. Laurel, who is 66, is recovering from a paralytic stroke suffered a year ago. Hardy, 64, got pneumonia while he and Laurel were touring England two years ago. Then he had some trouble with his heart. He used to be the fat one. The doctors put him on a diet which dropped his weight to a mere 210 pounds from the 360 or so he used to carry. He's also missing some of the chins that went with the roundness of old times. (AP Photo/Don Brinn)
In May 1954, Hardy suffered a mild heart attack. During 1956, he began looking after his health for the first time in his life. He lost more than 150 pounds in a few months, which completely changed his appearance. Letters written by Laurel refer to Hardy having terminal cancer. Some readers have thought this was the real reason for Hardy's rapid weight loss. Both men were heavy smokers. Hal Roach said they were a couple of "freight train smoke stacks".
Hardy suffered a major stroke on September 14, 1956, which left him confined to bed and unable to speak for several months. He remained at home, in the care of his beloved Lucille. He suffered two more strokes in early August 1957 and slipped into a coma from which he never recovered. Hardy died from cerebral thrombosis on August 7, 1957.
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XxenkelxX on October 28th, 2020 at 10:55 UTC »
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m0rris0n_hotel on October 28th, 2020 at 12:05 UTC »
Stan outlived Ollie. Apparently even after Ollie died Stan was still writing scripts for films they could’ve been in. He just had that creative itch to scratch
Stan was also in the Los Angeles phone book. So people would be able to call him and chat about his career. Dick Van Dyke ended up meeting him that way if I remember correctly. He chatted to him and went and visited him.
Spartan2470 on October 28th, 2020 at 13:22 UTC »
Here is a higher quality and less cropped version (in black and white). Here is the source. Per there:
Per here:
Edit: Here is a higher quality and less cropped version of the colored image OP posted. Here is the source. Credit to the colorizer, Angus Lamont.