Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-24
Rudolph Valentino
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,w.a as though there were words
risbed to utter. His three doc
H., and two nurses bent low above
Nina trying to catch his meaning
Iton the faint muttering which was
/. that passed his lips.
But they could make no sense OF
and II Rudolph had a last mes
no some word to send to family
/. friends. to actor companions or
IA admirers, his weakness forbade
s delivery.
/ As the end approached and the
k-lssts had paved the way that VAL
Elmo might make his last journey
i the manner of his faith, his bust
ksy manager and close friend, S.
George Ullman, left the room, unable
fsnger to withhold his grief.
And so the Shiek of Filmdom pass
from the screen of life in the
Ismpany Of the tireless workers who
bad done all that sympathy and
rience and religion could do to save
BIS life.
/ Valentino who rose from $50 a
Feek job as movie heavy" to
scome the greatest matinee Idol
be stage or screen has ever known,
ame here recently to attend the
Premiere Of a new picture in which
was starred and to see his broth
of for Italy. A week ago yes
ffday he collapsed in his hotel suite
id rushed to Polytechnic hospital.
Examinations showed him to be
fTering from appendicitis and gas
Pc ulcers and immediate operation
F both was determined on. The
E0uble operation was a success but
ne actors condition had become so
aggravated by the time he collapsed
at pertonitis set In and for sew
la days he remained in a critical
E'ndition
By last Wednesday, however, his
fAlral vlgor seemed to have won
IN battle and his doctors announced
at no more bulletins would be is
liza unless there was a sudden
asnse for the worse.
lals change came Saturday night,
Fvefe relapse due to pleurisy that
eioped in his left lung and gained
pM headway because of the pa
Ills weakened condition. Through
\. last night his life was held to-
"lef by the slenderest of threads,
Ea! resource of the medical pro-
Ls'oa oelng resorted to to sustain
I,a % ooo o'clock this morning VAL
s.ao reused, smiled, and talked of
ilM .l "hen he would be up again.
Es 'hen darkness closed in on him,
ltS.nao MT Until the end he was
In ou knowledge that he was to
,y ana ana death stole upon him as he
L NSS.aceiully as though in sleep.
HAIL. en MS condition became grave
hon 80 1ess'erday, priest heard confess
itto,'a' anu granted dissolution. At 10
h.. ms morning the last rites
lsu,r~n1 administered and at 1910 o'clock.
Itts ~ daylight time, death ended
a,r..~ the most impressive careers in
f'ssn history. Nf'' e- ~
HIM. NJ mos popularity, from the
ihs MAJ. MS nrst appearance in a lead
IAp,ssit,1ln The Four Horsemen of the
IsaII ,lS' was never dimmed. His
kicr.s >, enormous and his pictures
HI cow, ,ne walls and dressing tables
t,tu,... boQdoirs. Wherever his
IA socs.S were shown, crowds Of wom-
Itonst to see him fight his way
taph NV obstacles that love might tri-
HI f,o,. ne was favorite with wom-
tdsr, =. g'fls In grammar school to
Eula !soles. But the one taunt he
Iast h. stand was the suggestion
Esnlr.t. was a ladies' man" and. eff
kath W., This always reused him to
Hal co ~nlch sought an outlet in phys
noved, mat MS manhood might
,shiooa he dressed in the height of
tancs VI sometimes considerably in
fats ..H IT, affecting such adorn-
E'&kets slave bracelets and other
In ns, ne was occasionally lampoon-
fth T, ,nt and picture as an exquisite
rakeun or the herman" in his
Nj i tha died in room banked
Bat him him Howers that admirers had
Gins IL from all over the country.
"a lstt Me eight days of his suffer
ss WERE S, telegrams and telephone
tbous, .ecelved at the hospital by
Eater ~ His illness became a
E'urly co,s nauonal interest and his
Es nuultlon was 6isnlaved on the
snsss 's yes Of the newspapers, any
at Wv ".afranting "streamer," 30
Ttltare the public interest in his
sshsrs an and men of science, great
nasssaa o men who have swayed
sstten VS., through the spoken and
III with hoso' have been stricken and
~ given r lar lar less public notice than
Sne sdui had the power to inspire
taoss VIII and affection both
Il ~ ~ knew him only on the