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Known for:	Gods and Monsters, Rose Red, War and Remembrance
Birthday:	6 June 1945, San Francisco, California, USA

He collapsed and died whilst in Washington to film _Rose Red (2001) (mini)_ Received numerous death threats after he played a character who tried to rape Edith Bunker in "All in the Family" (1971) "Edith's 50th Birthday, Part One" (episode 8.5) 10/16/1977 His wife, Carol Muske, wrote a book titled Life after Death, where a woman upset at her husband for leaving her and child says to him "Why don't you just die?". The next day he dies of a heart attack on a tennis court. Shortly after the book was completed, David Dukes went to play tennis and died of a heart attack. Was Rob Reiner's first choice to play the adult Gordy LaChance, the narrator of Stand by Me, before being replaced by Richard Dreyfuss. In the first long shot of the adult Gordie, you can still see that it is Dukes, not Dreyfuss, sitting in the car. The story is about the character's first experiences with death. Ironically, Dukes died while appearing in another Stephen King adaptation. Was nominated for Broadway's 1980 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for Martin Sherman's "Bent."

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