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Horror movie icon Vincent Price passes away from lung cancer - October 25th, 1993

This Day in History Class

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Vincent Price - The Merchant of the Masquerade

The Day was October 25th, 1993. The prolific actor Vincent Price died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 82. Over the course of his nearly 60-year career, Price appeared in dozens of films and more than 2000 TV shows. His villains weren't your garden variety monsters, though at 6'4", he certainly could have played those too. He used his distinct silky voice in contemptuous manner to imbue those characters with a kind of debonair menace.

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