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==Death== Colin Clive suffered from severe chronic [[alcoholism]] and he died from complications of [[tuberculosis]] on 25 June 1937 at age 37.<ref name="obit">{{cite news|title=Colin Clive, Actor, Dies in Hollywood|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/06/26/archives/colin-clive-actor-dies-in-hollywood-star-of-screen-and-stage-37.html|accessdate=26 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=26 June 1937}}</ref> Clive's alcoholism was apparent to his co-stars. He was often seen napping on set and sometimes was so intoxicated that he had to be held upright for over-the-shoulder shots. Clive was tormented by the medical threat of amputation of his long-damaged leg.<ref name="mank">{{cite book|title=Hollywood Cauldron: Thirteen Horror Films From the Genre's Golden Age|last=Mank|first=Gregory William|year=2001|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn=978-0-7864-1112-2|page=150}}</ref> [[Forrest J Ackerman]] recalled visiting Clive's body: "I actually saw him in death, lying in a bed at a mortuary where it was possible for the public to view his body. He looked remarkably as he had when lying in bed in ''The Bride of Frankenstein''."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Bride of Frankenstein|magazine=[[Famous Monsters of Filmland]]|publisher=[[Warren Publishing]]|location=Santa Rosa, California|volume=4|issue=6|date=February 1963|page=71}}</ref> Over 300 mourners turned out. One of the pallbearers was [[Peter Lorre]].<ref name="mank"/> His [[cenotaph]] is located at [[Chapel of the Pines Crematory]].
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