1955

Born:

  • 7 September 1923
  • London, UK

Died:

  • 24 December 1984 (Aged 61)
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA
  • Cardiac arrest complicated by kidney and liver failure

Parents:

  • Lt. Gen. Sir Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford
  • Lady May Somerville Bunny

Spouses:

  • Pat Kennedy (m. 1954, div. 1966)
  • Mary Rowan (m. 1971–1975)
  • Deborah Gould (m. 1976–1977)
  • Patricia Seaton (m. 1984–his death in 1984)

Children:

  • Christopher Lawford
  • Sydney Maleia Lawford
  • Victoria Francis Lawford
  • Robin Elizabeth Lawford

Life, work, and accomplishments:

  • Member of the famed Rat Pack, an inner-circle group of Frank Sinatra, and participated alongside them in major films such as “Ocean’s Eleven” and “Sergeants 3”
  • Held many major acting roles and enjoyed the accompanying fame. Lawford’s first main role was in “A Yank At Eton” in 1942. He held stardom through the late ’40s and into the ’50s, featuring as quarterback Tommy Marlowe in the 1947 “Good News,” as the co-host of “That’s Entertainment,” and on the show “Dear Phoebe” among many others
  • Lawford has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • During his marraige to Pat Kennedy, he helped campaign for JFK, his brother-in-law, and could vote for him at that time as a newly naturalized citizen