![]() Although Laurel felt he hadn’t made a good film since the 1930s, he was proud of the mail. When he was hospitalized for a diabetic condition nearly a year ago, officials at Valley Doctors Hospital said “bushels of mail, mostly from kids” poured in. ![]() Laurel, living in semi-seclusion the last 10 years, never stopped getting fan mail from all over the world. Hardy, the fat and pompous know-it-all, and Laurel, the sad-eyed, squeaky-voiced simpleton, were the most successful comedy duo in movie history. “I think he knew his time had come, but he didn’t say anything because he didn’t want to alarm his wife.”ĭuring his last night, Laurel was cared for by Ralph Downs, the same male nurse who attended Oliver Hardy before the latter’s death in 1957. ![]()
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