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Troy Donahue
Age: 65 (passed away Sep. 2nd, 2001)
Height: 6' 3"
Birth Place: New York City, New York, USA
Born: Jan. 27th, 1936
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BIOGRAPHY: Troy Donahue was a journalism student at Columbia University when he began playing in stock productions. He made his film debut in Man Afraid (1957) and in 1959 signed as a contract player with Warner Bros., which promoted him to stardom with A Summer Place (1959) that year. He was soon a teenage heartthrob, his blond hair and blue eyes appearing frequently on the covers of movie magazines. His most successful film was Parrish (1961), in which he played the title character. A few years after that his career went into a decline; he made only a few television movies between the mid-'60s and his small role in The Godfather: Part II (1974) (in which his character's name, Merle Johnson, was actually his real name). His later films were almost entirely for the low-budget home video market, e.g., Sexpot (1988) and Nudity Required (1988).
TRIVIA:
- He toured in a producton of "Bye Bye Birdie" toward the end of his life.
- Died just eleven days before his _A Summer Place (1959)_ (qv) costar, 'Dorothy McGuire (I)' (qv).
- Taught acting classes on Holland America cruise ships.
- His name was used in the lyrics for the song, "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" in the musical, Grease. ("As for you Troy Donahue...").
- Starting drinking alcohol in seventh grade (age 13). After being dropped by Warner Brothers in 1966 (age 30) he became an alcoholic. Admitted that he was addicted to pain killers, amphetamines, & cocaine, and used marijuana daily. Joined AA in 1982 (age 46) and turned his life around with his sobriety.
- During the early 1980s, his personal and professional fortunes had sunk so low that he was literally living on a bench in New York's Central Park.
- Underwent successful angioplasty surgery upon his arrival in hospital, but then suffered a second heart attack and was given a heart bypass.
- Former co-star and long-time friend 'Connie Stevens' (qv) visited Donahue the day before he died.
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