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Tyrone Power: Looking Back at the Famed Matinee Idol After His Sudden Death at Age 44
Tyrone Power, famed matinee idol and star of the 1940 movie The Mark of Zorro, possessed a restless spirit and never wanted his fame to rely on his looks.
He’d rise quickly from small roles to leads, enjoying a string of hits from 1936 to 1943, but Tyrone liked gritty parts best and struggled with the assumption that his fame relied on his handsome appearance. “The top moment of my life was when I saw Annabella on the dock,” Tyrone gushed about reuniting with his wife, a French actress, whom he had wed in 1939 over the objections of the studio. Universal Pictures/De Carvalho Collection / Getty ImagesTheir marriage seemed happy, but his wartime experiences made Tyrone restless.
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