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| | obits.com, The Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for Lionel Barrymore |
 | | Born on April 28th, 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Lionel Barrymore was born Lionel Herbert Blythe, the oldest child of acclaimed stage performer Maurice Blythe who had gained fame as Maurice Barrymore, and his actress wife Georgina "Georgie" Drew, the daughter of celebrated actor John Drew. |
 | | Lionel, like his siblings, was afforded a private education and travel (he and his brother John both studied fine art in Paris), but was thrust onto the stage at an early age. |
 | | Lionel Barrymore never remarried, and after suffering a fatal heart attack on November 15th, 1954 in Van Nuys, California, he was buried beside his wife, Irene Fenwick Barrymore and his brother, John Barrymore, at Hollywood's Calvary Cemetery. |
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