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Events on Thursday 16 August 1956 1
1882 – 1956Bela Lugosi (1882-1956)Died 16 August 1956, aged 73Hungarian-American actor best known for playing Count Dracula in the 1931 film and on stage. He struggled with drug addiction and declining roles in his later career, appearing in several low-budget films. He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles.