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 Gig Young

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Gig Young Famous memorial

Original Name
Byron Elsworth Barr
Birth
Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA
Death
19 Oct 1978 (aged 64)
Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA
Burial
Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
Plot
Family grave site
Memorial ID
6120 View Source

Actor. He took the name "Gig Young" from the character he played in "The Gay Sisters." His films include "Game of Death," "Young at Heart," "The Hindenburg," "The Elite Killer," and "They Shoot Horses, Don't They." His work on television includes "The Rogues." He shot and killed his fifth wife, German actress Kim Schmidt, after 3 weeks of marriage, then committed suicide.

Actor. He took the name "Gig Young" from the character he played in "The Gay Sisters." His films include "Game of Death," "Young at Heart," "The Hindenburg," "The Elite Killer," and "They Shoot Horses, Don't They." His work on television includes "The Rogues." He shot and killed his fifth wife, German actress Kim Schmidt, after 3 weeks of marriage, then committed suicide.


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Byron e. Barr
Nov. 4, 1913
Oct. 19, 1978


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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: 17 Aug 1999
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID: 6120
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6120/gig-young: accessed ), memorial page for Gig Young (4 Nov 1913–19 Oct 1978), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6120, citing Green Hill Cemetery, Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.