THE Life & Career of Actor

                                                                                    (7/4/1931 - 6/2/1977)

In Memoriam

Oh, all the money e'er I had, I spent in good company,

And all the harm I've ever done, alas it was to none but me.

And all I've done for want to wit to memory now I can't recall.

So fill to me the parting glass, 

Good night and joy be with you all.

Oh all the comrades e'er I had, They're sorry for my going away.

And all the sweethearts e'er I had, They'd wish me one more day to stay.

But since it falls unto my lot, That I should rise and you should not.

I gently rise and softly call, 

Good night and joy be with you all.

         Irish folksong          

Stephen Boyd died of a massive heart    attack on June 2, 1977 at the age of 45. He was at  the Porter Valley Golf course with his wife  Elizabeth driving a golf cart when he complained  of not feeling well  and collapsed within minutes. He was rushed to Granada Hills hospital by ambulance and arrived at the hospital at 12:27 pm in  complete cardiac arrest. Boyd was pronounced  dead at 13:20 hours at the Granada Hills  Hospital in Los Angeles County.                                                    

As this was a very sudden and unexpected death an autopsy was performed to determine cause of death. Cause of death was confirmed as Acute Cardiac Insufficiency caused by Thrombotic Occlusion of the left coronary artery. 

This was caused by hypertensive,  occlusive arteriosclerotic, cardiovascular disease. Mr. Boyd had a history of hypertension  and recently had been suffering from Hepatitis.

He was cremated and immortalized at Oakwood Memorial Park in Los  Angeles California (Photos courtesy of www. findagrave.com).

In addition, he was mentioned on his father and mother's grave near Bangor as a tribute to his love for his parents that he displayed so touchingly throughout his life.

His crypt in Los Angeles is located on the outside wall of a mausoleum, across the  road from the the lawn where Bob Crane is buried. There are two mausoleums here (separated  by a short lawn with statues of a woman and two lions.) When you stand at the curb, he is in the mausoleum to the left (south), Mausoleum #1, niche #257. His crypt is way up on the  very top row, on the north wall (facing towards that middle with the statues.) To be more exact, his crypt is at the very top-left  corner when you're facing this wall.  The twin markers on his crypt are small and difficult

to read from  below (courtesy of Seeing Stars).

Link to Seeing Stars listing of Stephen Boyd's final resting place:

    Stephen Boyd

    Movieland Was Museum Exhibit Ben Hur:

     Stephen Boyd Exhibit

 

Finally, I placed a flower to mark his grave