June 29, 2008 - Canada Lee died of a heart attack on May 9, 1952. His health in the past two years had been in decline he had collapsed in Africa at the end of filming Cry the Beloved Country where he played the lead actor.

May 3, 2025 - His film credits include Alfred Hitchcock’s "Lifeboat" and Robert Rossen’s "Body and Soul." He was known for his dignified presence, a rare image for Black screen actors of that time. Canada Lee died from uremic poisoning on May 5th, 1952.

October 6, 2025 - He died in 1972 and was buried on the island, where a popular park bears his name. Canada Lee was very proud of his West Indian roots, his grandfather's successful business, and his uncle's careers in medicine and public service.When he became ...

Protesting that he’d “never ... to seek work in other countries, and suffering from severe hypertension and kidney failure, Canada Lee died on May 9, 1952, at the age of 45....

Born Leonard Lionel Cornelius Canegata, May 3, 1907, in New York, NY; died of a heart attack, May 9, 1952, in New York, NY; son of James Cornelius and Lydia (Whaley) Canegata; married Juanita Waller, 1925 (divorced); children: Carl Vincent. Politics : Democrat.

Died · May 9, 1952 · New York City, New York, USA (heart attack) Birth name · Leonard Lionel Cornelius Canegata · Nickname · Lional Canegata · Height · 5′ 9″ (1.75 m) Lee played Danny (opposite of Hilda Simms, who played Anna) in ...

Soon after speaking at a rally in Westchester protesting the murder of two black men by an ex-police officer, Lee died at age 45, as much a victim of the blacklist as of his chronic high blood pressure.

May 5, 2025 - Kenneth Lee died on Dec. 18, 2022 after he was beaten and stabbed at a downtown Toronto parkette.

December 16, 2025 - Lee died of a reported heart attack at the age of 45 on May 9, 1952, in Manhattan. It was later revealed by his widow, Frances Pollack, that he had been diagnosed with uremia and died of kidney disease, slipping into a coma and dying 10 days ...

When did Canada Lee die? May 9, 1952 · How did Canada Lee die? Heart attack · How old was Canada Lee when he died? 45 years old · Where did Canada Lee die? New York City, New York, USA · When was Canada Lee born?

Tragically, at the height of his career, Lee’s uncompromising stance on civil rights prompted the U.S. Government to defame his reputation and destroy his career. Lee died in 1952 at the age of 45 and remains all but forgotten.

February 7, 2025 - Court has heard Lee died on the operating table in the early hours of Dec.

August 11, 2025 - Tragically, at the height of his career, Lee’s uncompromising stance on civil rights prompted the U.S. Government to defame his reputation and destroy his career. Lee died in 1952 at the age of 45 and remains all but forgotten.

Former boxer-turned-actor Canada Lee makes a strong impression in the 1944 Alfred Hitchcock thriller Lifeboat (FoxVideo). In the 1947 John Garfield boxing classic Body and Soul (Republic), Lee gives a sensit...

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6625217/canada-lee: accessed ), memorial page for Canada Lee (3 Mar 1907–9 May 1952), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6625217, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New ...

With an uncompromising stance on ... on civil rights prompted the U.S. Government to defame his reputation and destroy his career. Lee died in 1952 at the age of 45 and remains all but forgotten....

2 weeks ago - He previously worked for The New York Post, ET Canada and TMZ. ... The call included mention of an overdose and a "color change," which refers to blue or purple discoloration to skin, lips or nails — often an indicator of an overdose ... Tommy Lee Jones's daughter, Victoria Jones, may have died of a drug overdose, an emergency dispatch reveals.

December 3, 2021 - News Canada Lee, Trailblazing ... "Becoming Something: The Story of Canada Lee" (Faber and Faber). ... Lee died in 1952 at the age of 45....

My late husband, Canada Lee, died on May 9, 1952. Because my memories of him are so very alive, both Canada and I will be telling you the story of his life and my years with him. Throughout this narrative, you will be reading his words as well ...

August 1, 2025 - The girl was 14 when she and seven other teens attacked Kenneth Lee in a downtown Toronto parkette in December 2022. The 59-year-old died in hospital after undergoing emergency surgery.