Providence Saint John's Health Center, formerly St. Johns Hospital and Health Center, is a private not-for-profit, Roman Catholic hospital in Santa Monica, California, United States. The hospital was founded in 1942 by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth. In 2014, the hospital was transferred to Providence Health & Services.[2]
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- Vaudeville comedian Frank Fay - September 25, 1961.[11]
- Songwriter Cole Porter on October 15, 1964 - kidney failure after surgery.[12]
- Jazz singer Nat King Cole - lung cancer on February 15, 1965.[13]
- Actor Lee Tracy - liver cancer on October 18, 1968.[14]
- Actor Charlie Ruggles - cancer on December 23, 1970.[15][16]
- Actress Joi Lansing - breast cancer in 1972.
- Actress Irene Ryan better known as Granny on "The Beverly Hillbillies" - glioblastoma and arteriosclerotic heart disease on April 26, 1973, at age 70.[17]
- Actress Mary Philips - April 22, 1975.
- Radio actor Ken Carpenter - October 16, 1984.[18]
- Television personality Johnny Olson - October 12, 1985, from complications from a stroke.[19]
- Astrologer Carroll Righter on April 30, 1988, of prostate cancer.[20]
- Actress Bonita Granville (1923–1988) - October 11, 1988.[21]
- Actor Ralph Bellamy - November 29, 1991, from a lung ailment.[22]
- Cesar Romero - from complications of a blood clot on January 1, 1994.
- Actor Les Tremayne - heart failure on December 19, 2003, at age 90.[23]
- Comedian George Carlin - heart failure on June 22, 2008, at age 71.[24]
- Animator Bill Melendez - September 2, 2008, at age 91.[25]
- Actor Patrick McGoohan - January 13, 2009, at age 80.[26]
- Actor Dom DeLuise - May 4, 2009, at age 75 due to kidney failure.[27]
- Actress Farrah Fawcett - June 25, 2009, at age 62 of anal cancer.[28]
- Actor Harve Presnell - Died - June 30, 2009, at age 75.[29]
- Director Blake Edwards - on December 15, 2010, at age 88 from complications from pneumonia.[30]
- Television personality Dick Clark - April 18, 2012, at age 82 of a heart attack.[31]
- Actress Karen Black - from ampullary cancer on August 8, 2013, at age 74.
- Actor Dick Van Patten - complications from diabetes - on June 23, 2015, at age 86.[32]
- Rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen - cerebrovascular accident - on October 6, 2020, at age 65.[33]
Among those who have contributed significant donations to the center are:
Landry, Robert J. (September 27, 1961). "Frank Fay, One of Real Vaude Greats, Dies At 63; Was Ruled 'Incompetent'". Variety. p. 2.
Smith, Jack. "Lee Tracy, Veteran Film-Stage Actor, Dies", Los Angeles Times, 19 October 1968, pp. C1, C7. ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Peter B. Flint (October 12, 1988). "Bonita G. Wrather, 65, an Actress and Executive". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-01-30. Bonita Granville Wrather, a child film star of 1930s and a longtime executive in the Wrather Corporation, a complex of oil, entertainment and real estate businesses founded by her husband, Jack Wrather, died of cancer yesterday at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. ...
Ronald Reagan Breaks Hip in Fall – AP Online
Whitford, David (9 December 2013). "Who's the Richest Guy in Los Angeles?". Fortune (paper). Marty Jones (associate reporter). p. 138.
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