Bert Lahr
Personal Info
Birth Date:
August 13, 1895
Birth Location:
New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA
Death Date:
December 4, 1967
Death Location:
New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA
Cause of Death:
Cancer (Cause was reported at the time as internal hemorrhage and pneumonia.)
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Private Audio
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Foxy
Original Broadway Cast (1964)
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Private Video
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The Fantasticks
Screener Rip (1964)
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The Great Waltz
DVD Release (1955)
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Broadcast Video
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1965 Tony Awards
TV Broadcast (1965)
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Notes
The cause of death for Bert Lahr is reported in some sources as hemmorhage and pneumonia. In its obituary for him on December 5, 1967, the New York Times reported that he had been "hospitalized on Nov. 21 for a back ailment. At the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, he later developed pneumonia. His death was attributed to a massive internal hemmorhage."
In his biography of his father, Notes on a Cowardly Lion, John Lahr wrote that the real cause was cancer.
Photos & Headshots
Personal Info
Birth Date:
August 13, 1895
Birth Location:
New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA
Death Date:
December 4, 1967
Death Location:
New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA
Cause of Death:
Cancer (Cause was reported at the time as internal hemorrhage and pneumonia.)
Other Names
- Irving Lahrheim (Birth name)
