Tv Actor

Jim Backus – Cause of Death, Age, Date, and Facts

The TV actor Jim Backus passed away at age 76, this age of death has to be considered respectable. What was the cause of death? Below is all you want to know regarding the death of Jim Backus and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Played the role of millionaire Thurston Howell III on TV’s Gilligan’s Island and James Dean’s character’s father in Rebel Without a Cause.

He was expelled from the Kentucky Military Institute for riding a horse through the cafeteria.

He is most famous for voicing Mr. Magoo.

How did Jim Backus die?

Jim Backus' death was caused by pneumonia.

Jim Backus, the beetle-browed actor whose booming voice gave life to the nearsighted cartoon character of ”Mr. MagooMr. MagooMagoo (known by his full name: J. Quincy Magoo) is a fictional cartoon character created at the UPA animation studio in 1949.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mr._MagooMr. Magoo – Wikipedia” and the self-indulgent, ascot-wearing millionaire of ”Gilligan’s Island,” died of pneumonia yesterday in St. John’s Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 76 years old.

Information about the death of Jim Backus
Cause of deathPneumonia
Age of death76 years
ProfessionTv Actor
BirthdayFebruary 25, 1913
Death dateJuly 3, 1989
Place of deathLos Angeles, California, United States
Place of burialPierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary, Los Angeles, California, United States

Quotes by Jim Backus

"Magoo's appeal lies in our hostility toward an older generation. But he's not only nearsighted physically. His mind is selective of what it sees, too. That is where the humor, the satire lies, in the difference between what he thinks he sees and reality as we see it."

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"I decided to try radio as a source of livelihood because I like to eat regularly."

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"Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success."

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