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were found around his bed, and a plastic bag was draped over his neck and shoulders. The coroner's report listed the cause of death as "acute barbiturate poisoning due to an ingestion of overdose". His remains were returned to Richmond for burial and he is buried at
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In 1942, Campbell enlisted in the U.S. Army in Philadelphia. He was commissioned a captain, and served in
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stage. He met Dorothy Parker in 1932 and they married two years later in
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Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons
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Campbell died of an apparent suicide on June 14, 1963, in
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in the late 1920s. An occasional contributor of prose to
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Richmond, Virginia
West Hollywood
California
Dorothy Parker
United States
United States Army
Army Intelligence
World War II
screenwriter
Dorothy Parker
Richmond, Virginia
Virginia Military Institute
New York City
The New Yorker
Broadway
Raton, New Mexico
Robert Carson
Academy Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
A Star Is Born
The Little Foxes
Lillian Hellman
Army Intelligence
World War II
West Hollywood
California
barbiturate
Seconal
Hebrew Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)
Hal Holbrook

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