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Death

How did the following die?

  1. Goldfinger
    Sucked out an airplane window.

  2. James Coburn, in "Charade"
    Suffocated with a plastic bag.

  3. George Kennedy, in "Charade"
    Drowned in a bathtub.

  4. The photographer, in "The Omen"
    Decapitated by a flying window pane.

  5. Fred Astaire, in "On The Beach"
    Commits suicide by closing the garage door, and turning on the engine of his racecar.

  6. Yaphet Kotto, in "Live and Let Die"
    Exploded after being forced (by 007) to swallow a compressed air capsule.

  7. Peter Lorre (Ugarti), according to Claude Rains in "Casablanca"
    He either committed suicide, or was shot trying to escape-- the Major hadn't quite decided yet.

  8. How did McGarrett and Co. find out Chin Ho was dead, in "Hawaii Five-O"?
    The mob that killed him dumped him on the front steps of Five-O headquarters.

  9. Where did Harry Lime die, in "The Third Man"?
    In the Vienna sewer system.

  10. What did Lawrence Harvey do just before he shot himself, in "The Manchurain Candidate"?
    Pinned on his Congressional Medal of Honor.

  11. In "On The Waterfront," how is Kayo Dugan killed before he can testify before the crime commission?
    They drop crates of Irish whiskey on him in the ship's hold.

  12. What were Woody Allen's dying words (to the firing squad) in "Casino Royale"?
    "You realize, of course, that this means an angry letter to The Times."

  13. Edward G. Robinson's dying words in "Little Caesar."
    "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?"

  14. How did Gary Cooper ask the doctor if it was all over for him in "Pride of the Yankees"?
    "Is it three strikes, Doc?"