James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997), was an American film and stage actor, best known for his self-effacing persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one in competition and receiving one Lifetime Achievement award. He was a major MGM contract star. He also had a noted military career, a World War II and Vietnam War veteran, who rose to the rank of
Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve.
He once read a poem that he had written about his dog, entitled "Beau," while on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. By the end of this reading, Carson's eyes were welling with tears.
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Jimmy" Stewart- 05/20/1908 - 07/02/1997
Stewart married Gloria Hatrick McLean (1918–1994) on August 9, 1949 and adopted her two sons, Michael and Ronald, and with Gloria he had twin daughters, Judy and Kelly, on May 7, 1951. The couple remained married until her death from lung cancer on February 16, 1994. Ronald McLean was killed in action on June 8, 1969, at the age of 24, while serving as a Marine Corps Lieutenant in Vietnam. Dr. Kelly Stewart is an anthropologist at the University of California, Davis
On July 2, 1997, Stewart died from a blood clot on a lung on July 2, 1997, at his home in Beverly Hills. Stewart is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
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