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Alfred Hitchcock Dies; A Master of Suspense; Alfred Hitchcock, Master of Suspense and Celebrated Film Director, Dies at 80 Increasingly Pessimistic Sought Exotic Settings Technical Challenges Became a Draftsman Lured to Hollywood
By PETER B. FLINT ();
April 30, 1980,
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Alfred Hitchcock, whose mastery of suspense and of directing technique made him one of the most popular and celebrated of film makers; died yesterday at the age of 80 at his home in Los Angeles. Mr. Hitchcock, ailing with arthritis and kidney failures, had been in declining health for a year.
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