• Actor and radio personality Fred Crane died at the age of 90 on August 21, 2008. He suffered from diabetes. Crane delivered the opening line in the movie Gone With the Wind.The Associated Press: Actor with Gone with the Wind Opening Line Dies

• Fast Facts

  1. Died on August 21, 2008Herald Sun: Gone With the Wind Star Dies (August 25, 2008)
  2. Cause of death: Complications stemming from diabetesThe Associated Press: Actor with Gone with the Wind Opening Line Dies (August 25, 2008)
  3. Had been hospitalized near Atlanta, GeorgiaHerald Sun: Gone With the Wind Star Dies (August 25, 2008)
  4. Resided: Barnesville, GeorgiaThe Associated Press: Actor with Gone with the Wind Opening Line Dies (August 25, 2008)
  5. Age at death: 90The Associated Press: Actor with Gone with the Wind Opening Line Dies (August 25, 2008)
  6. Spoke the first lines of the 1939 film Gone with the Wind
  7. Married five timeswsbradio.com: GWTW Actor Dies (August 25, 2008)
  8. Survived by his wife, Terry Lynn Crane, four children, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchildwsbradio.com: GWTW Actor Dies (August 25, 2008)
  9. Last living credited male actor in Gone with the Windwsbradio.com: GWTW Actor Dies (August 25, 2008)

• Death

  Crane had been hospitalized near Atlanta in the weeks leading up to his death. He successfully survived surgery to repair a vein in his leg, before developing a blood clot in his lungs, which contributed to his death.Los Angeles Times Obituaries: Fred Crane Herald Sun: Gone With the Wind Star Dies (August 25, 2008)

• Brief Biography

  Crane's role in Gone with the Wind was his first acting role. He later appeared in the 1949 film The Gay Amigo. After a handful of other television and theater appearances in the 1960s, Crane took a hosting position at KFAC in Southern California.wsbradio.com: GWTW Actor Dies (August 25, 2008) He worked as a broadcaster for 40 years, before returning to Atlanta where he and his fifth wife, Terry Lynn Crane, operated a bed and breakfast and a Gone with the Wind museum.Herald Sun: Gone With the Wind Star Dies (August 25, 2008)

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