Birth •
Patricia Kennedy Lawford, gave birth to her son
Christopher Lawford on March 29, 1955. • Choreographer
Michael Rooney was born here March 30, 1962. • Actress
Mariska Hargitay was born here on January 23, 1964. • Comedian
Adam Friedland was born here on April 10, 1987. •
Lisa Marie Presley, gave birth to her eldest child
Riley Keough in 1989. • Actresses
Katie Holmes,
Bridget Moynahan and
Brooke Shields gave birth. • First Lady of California
Maria Shriver gave birth and had a nursery ward named in her honor in 2004. • Victoria Price, daughter of film star
Vincent Price, was born there on April 27, 1962.
Died •
Vaudeville comedian
Frank Fay - September 25, 1961. • Songwriter
Cole Porter on October 15, 1964 - kidney failure after surgery. • Jazz singer
Nat King Cole - lung cancer on February 15, 1965. • Actor
Lee Tracy -
liver cancer on October 18, 1968. • Actor
Robert Taylor -
lung cancer on June 8, 1969. • Actor
Charlie Ruggles -
cancer on December 23, 1970. • Actress
Joi Lansing - breast cancer in 1972. • Actress
Irene Ryan -
glioblastoma and
arteriosclerotic heart disease on April 26, 1973, at age 70. • Actress
Mary Philips - April 22, 1975. • Radio actor
Ken Carpenter - October 16, 1984. • Television personality
Johnny Olson - October 12, 1985, from complications from a stroke. • Astrologer
Carroll Righter on April 30, 1988, of prostate cancer. • Actress
Bonita Granville (1923–1988) - October 11, 1988. • Actor
Ralph Bellamy - November 29, 1991, from a lung ailment. •
Cesar Romero - from complications of a
blood clot on January 1, 1994. •
Walter Matthau -
cardiac arrest on July 1, 2000 • Actor
Les Tremayne -
heart failure on December 19, 2003, at age 90. •
Comedian George Carlin - heart failure on June 22, 2008, at age 71. •
Animator Bill Melendez - September 2, 2008, at age 91. • Actor
Patrick McGoohan - January 13, 2009, at age 80. • Actor
Dom DeLuise - May 4, 2009, at age 75 due to
kidney failure. • Actress
Farrah Fawcett - June 25, 2009, at age 62 of
anal cancer. • Actor
Harve Presnell - June 30, 2009, at age 75. • Director
Blake Edwards - on December 15, 2010, at age 88 from complications from pneumonia. • Television personality
Dick Clark - April 18, 2012, at age 82 of a heart attack. • Actress
Karen Black - from
ampullary cancer on August 8, 2013, at age 74. • Actor
Dick Van Patten - complications from diabetes - on June 23, 2015, at age 86. • Rock guitarist
Eddie Van Halen -
cerebrovascular accident - on October 6, 2020, at age 65. • Actress
Diane Keaton, October 11, 2025 • Actress
Catherine O'Hara, January 30, 2026, at age 71 from a
pulmonary embolism.
Procedures and treatments • Actor
Richard Burton was treated in 1974 for alcoholism. • Pianist
Martha Argerich was treated after melanoma spread to her lungs. After she recovered, she gave a special concert benefiting the hospital. •
Playboy Playmate Melissa Holliday underwent
electroconvulsive therapy in 1995. • Former
President Ronald Reagan was taken to St. John's in 2001 after falling and was determined to have a broken hip. •
Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger was treated for six broken
ribs after a motorcycle accident, and received 15 stitches here after a skiing accident, both in 2006. • Former
First Lady of the United States Nancy Reagan was taken to St. John's after
falling in her
Bel Air home on February 17, 2008. == Notable donors ==