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PICTURE FILM CELEBRITY,

DEATH OF JOHN BUNNY.

Tin most popular cclcbnt} that the inov

ingpictuies luve produced \lr John Bonni died in New Ï 01 k on April -fi Hi bail an international reputation and it is probablv nu liaggctation to Hav that his features were known to three hundred mil lions of people His beaming countenanie flashed simultaneouslv on tens of thousands of screens throughout the woild delighted the yoting md old alike Whenever lie walked on the stielt he vv is sure to be foi

lowed by an admiring thront Ile had lo give up dining in rc-tinrunls because he giew wean of bung g »¡-ed at ontiniuillr

Three j ens ago Mr Bunny made his brat tup to inglnniL He said he did not believe he peisonalh knew i soul m the islands Hut vv lien he w ilkeil in the streets of I on don the attention be ire lied waa a. grut as m Aew Aork i hen« funny lluiiuv

the children would m is tiny Ml into the procession that dogged his loolstcp in Pans and Berlin the experiences of thi. old

gcniiiB were the same

Not until 1910 diel Mi Hunnv discover that he could capitalise his face ind male it eirn a foi time lor veins he bad been earning less than J.20 a week is a legitímate actor and in musical comeiliis Ile wini into the mov íes at £8 per week mid m three ycais he had worked up to i,i00

Early this vear he temporanlj left mor mg pictures to bead a vaudeville compwir and it was w bile in this work that he bt carno ill He had been able lo name his own salary «.o eager were the people to sec the real Bunny in tin íIchIi

1 he actor was i1 vears old He Has born in Brooklyn His fither had como from Penzance 1 ngkind ind the son was the first of nme i,oiioration, that bad not idopted a seafaring life

In spite of his weight-IRst Sib-there vv a« no feat too barir lons for Bunn} H» drove inch uses (lew in aeroplanes fell Irom moving vehicles- performed anv feat in fait th it the agile brain of the scenario writer could unigiiie His mail brought hundreds of tenders ol ldnnration and »I fcction letlirs carne to bun from all par* of the world written tn every tongue anl countless tokens mum of them of a curioti niture were sboweied on lura h} unknown

worshippers

] von to the interior of China had Bunn« s fact been rimed Uns widespread fame often caused amusing mist ikis and ire quintlv brought embarrassment to big men pbv sieallv l'erh ips the most ludiei ous mi« t ii e of all wa« when foinier President Taft was follow eel through the street« of hew Haven shortlv after bo bid left the Preji

clcntial dmr In i numbei of small boin who shouted gicctings to their Bunny The former President often told the story

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