Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-02-16 | Page 1 | Death Claims Eddie Foy on Farewell Trip

v DEATH DEA CLAIMS EDDIE EDDIE- FOY ON L A FAREWELL TRIP I I I i VI V I i Closes oses Career I 0 I r d n X Y r n x z y 4 6 Eddie Foy as AI he appeared in one of hi his recent plays That Casey G Girl I d. d I 1 d v r 1 I Veteran Musical Comedy Vaudeville Star Dies in Kansas City r rHAD HAD HEART A ATTACK TAC IHA f He Died in n t the he Work He Hei i Loved Wife Says Say KANSAS CITY Feb 16 CAP AP P- P Eddie Eddio Foy veteran musical comedy star and vaudeville headliner died here t today day The end n came unexpectedly te ly while the e year old actor wa wag on on ifs his farewell are V tour ot of the stage tage o on winch Jia e had played for tor moro noro half than half t IP k J ie lob Q S BaI re at t 84 Ink Ing suffered red a lt heart art attack an nn hour our and a a. half haIr earlier that left JeU him cak but Dut conscious to the tho the end At his bedside were Mrs airs Foy Dr Herbert hotel physician and the Rev nev John Johni Hennessey a n. priest lh who administered the last rites of the Catholic church He lie was vas app In a a. vaudeville sketch at the Orpheum theatre this I week 70 YEARS TELLING la 10 his final linal performance e last lut night in hl hla called The Fallen Star in which he was was was' able to recall some of his earlier suc successes ces s on Broadway he her gave gae no indication of ot an Impend Impending nil break but under the surface his 70 years were telling Before Detore time for tor his turn Tuesday night a a. friend found him seated on ona ona ona a trunk backstage H He Hs was was almost too weak to go go before bHore the foot toot lights US I I dont don't believe I 1 can finish the season Foy said lIe He died in the work he loved Mrs Foy said Hall Munnis the the actors actors actor's manager also declared that it Jt w was a Mr tIr Toys Toy's wish to el ed his career while hU ac lively engaged in stage stig w work rk lie He died as he wanted to not nolin In Inan Inan an actors actors' home sails saHI l SEVEN CHILDREN SURVIVE Besides his hi widow Mow Mr Foy Is 1 survived c by sev seven n children Six of ot the younger r Fo Foys were scheduled d to to play piny at a. n. theatre in Madison A Vis Wis toda today The actor 0 was married four times Mr fr Fo Foy v completed his Continued ed on page 4 40 DEATH CLAIMS EDDIE FOY ON FAREWELL TOUR Continued from page pan 1 l m memoirs mul published l under the iU e Clowning Through Life ute Arrangements w. w were Hero made to send end the body today to W New Rochelle N Y Y for burial Mr I. Po For was waa a member member of the Lambs Lambe club chub In New York Yak the National National Na Na- Vaudeville Artists Artists' A rU la association Jon tion and the Elks Etka Mr boys Foy's real name was tUI Edwin Fitzgerald FORESAW END That the actor realized realised his hla f farewell farewell fare fare- well tour might not run its ItJI full tull course was wa Indicated to Charles Charls Thomas Thorn general manager of ot th the e lakewood bolt and Country club 1 close friend who visited salted Mr Foy backstage Tuesday night Mr Ir Thomas Thomaa said Mid he found Fey Foy seated on n a trunk almost almot too weak eak to go 10 on the t stage for tor hi his act Mr Ir Joy Koy remarked that bat he did not believe be believe be- be lieve he n would be able to finish the season Dr Tuthill said ho lie learned front from Mrs Joy Fey that her husband huban l had been beon subjected to heart beart attacks for tor forthe forthe the tho last Jut six aUt months The physician gave angina pectorIs as sa tho the cause aU of or death in filling out the death certificate