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1. Frank Sinatra died in 1998 from a deadly combination of heart and kidney disease and bladder cancer. Eighteen years earlier he appeared in his final starring role as Edward Delaney, a soon-to-be-retired detective trying to apprehend a serial killer, while also caring for his terminally ill-wife. What was the name of the movie?
2. Before an accidental barbituate overdose silenced Judy Garland's voice forever in 1969, she managed one last bravura movie performance in 1963 as Jenny Bowman, a mother who chose her career over her illegitimate son. What was the name of the movie?
3. The Grim Reaper came calling for Jennifer Jones in 2009. Thirty-five years before she passed away, she came out of retirement to take on a heroic role as skyscraper resident, Lisolette Muller, who risked her life to save other residents before she eventually plunged to her own death. What was the name of the movie?
4. In 1981 just before pneumonia and cardiac complications ended Melvyn Douglas' long acting career at age eighty, he played Dr. John Jaffrey in a movie about a group of elderly men who regularly got together to tell ghost stories to each other until a long ago secret they shared came back to haunt them. What was the name of the movie?
5. Not too soon before his weakened heart stopped pumping in 2000, Walter Matthau capped off his acting career in a middling feature directed by Diane Keaton. He played Lou Mozell, a cantakerous father whose three adult daughters reunited over his deathbed. What was the name of the movie?
6. Thirteen years before leukemia and pneumonia coupled to end Fred MacMurray's time on earth in 1991, he capped his career as Clarence, a man caught in a geriatric love-triangle interrupted by a group of killer African bees. What was the name of the movie?
7. Spencer Tracy died of a heart attack in 1967. His final movie was released later that year after his death. He played Matt Drayton, a man whose liberal views are challenged when his caucasian daughter brings home a black fiance. What was the name of the movie?
8. Nearly two years after she drowned in a drunken boating accident in 1981, Natalie Wood's final film was released. She played Karen Brace, the estranged wife of a scientist who developed a process whereby one person could essentially jump into another person's head and playback and relive their experiences and thoughts. What was the name of the movie?
9. Before a coronary thrombosis ended Clark Gable's life late in 1960, he managed to finish one last film released early in 1961 after his death. He played Gay Langland, an aging cowboy who did not fit into a changing society. What was the name of the movie?
10. Before he ingested a lethal combination of heroin and cocaine in 1982, John Belushi finished the last film in his all too brief movie career in 1981. He played, Earl Keese, a quiet family man who at first did not like the strange couple who moved in next door to his house. What was the name of the movie?
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