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Date of Birth

29 December 1934, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Date of Death

22 February 1995, Denny, California, USA (suicide)

Birth Name

Edward Paul Flanders

Spouse

Cody Lambert	(22 May 1985 - 1992) (divorced)
Ellen Geer	(1963 - 1968) (divorced)

Trivia

He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on February 22, 1995 in Denny, California. He left no note, but had been struggling with depression for some time. His family lived nearby in Eureka. He and his wife were divorced about a year earlier.

Actor and three-time Emmy winner Ed Flanders was best known as the kindhearted "Dr. Donald Westphall" on the '80s NBC series "St. Elsewhere" (1982).

Won a Tony Award for playing "Phil Hogan" in "A Moon for the Misbegotten" on Broadway in 1974 and the first of his three Emmy Awards for the same role in 1976 for the televised version of the Eugene O'Neill play.

Played U. S. President Harry S. Truman on film more times than any other single actor, and in more different productions.

A great part of his depression was a result of severe chronic back pain.

Had three children: Scott, Suzanne, and Ian.

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