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[vintagedreamsofsennett]

On Friday, November 4, Sennett underwent urological surgery and was reportedly recovering. However, that morning — at 2:42 A.M. PST on November 5, 1960 — Mack Sennett died from a heart attack.

A recitation of the Rosary was held at 8 P.M. on November 7, at the Blessed Sacrament Church on Sunset Boulevard, followed by Requiem Mass at 10 A.M. on Tuesday, November 8, at the same church, with Sennett's friend Rev. Harold Ring presiding.

Pallbearers included

Chester Conklin, Tom Kennedy, Grover Ligon

George Gray, Glen Cavender,

Del Lord, Eddie Gribbon

and Sennett's secretary, Joe Madison(no picture).

Others in attendance included

Jack Mulhall, Sol Lesser,

James Kirkwood, Norman Z. McLeod,

Sally Eilers, Louise Fazenda, Dorothy Granger,

members of the Watson clan,

William Demarest, Eddie Quillan and Billy Gilbert

of Keystone/Sennett pedigree.

-Walker, B.E., 2010, Mack Sennett's Fun Factory, McFarland&Company, Inc., Publishers, pp. 240~41

[vintagedreamsofsennett]

A Bird's a Bird (1915)