John Barrymore(1882-1942)

After his death, his friends--including Errol Flynn and Raoul Walsh--gathered at a bar to commiserate on his passing. Walsh, claiming he was too upset, pretended to go home. Instead, he and two friends went to the funeral home and bribed the caretaker to lend them Barrymore's body. Transporting it to Flynn's house, it was propped up in Errol's favorite living room chair. Flynn arrived and described his reaction in his autobiography: "As I opened the door I pressed the button. The lights went on and--I stared into the face of Barrymore . . . They hadn't embalmed him yet. I let out a delirious scream . . . I went back in, still shaking. I retired to my room upstairs shaken and sober. My heart pounded. I couldn't sleep the rest of the night.". However Gene Fowler, a close friend of Barrymore, stayed with the body all night and denied the story.

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