Personal Life
He retired from filmmaking in 1959, soon after receiving his sixth Academy Award nomination for The Last Angry Man; however, he made a final television appearance in the series Saints and Sinners in 1962.
In his private life, he was considered "exceedingly shy", and would show agony anytime he was recognized while out shopping or dining. He enjoyed reading and going for walks with his wife in secluded sections of Central Park, and would be at the theater by 7:30PM to prepare for his performances each night. After retiring from acting, he lived in California, in what was considered an "austere" setting, where he and his wife enjoyed their privacy. In his den, which he called his "Shangri-La", he spent his time reading books and listening to the radio.
Muni died of a heart disorder in Montecito, California in 1967, aged 71. Muni died the same year that his Angel On My Shoulder co-star Claude Rains, and another co-star, Spencer Tracy, also died. Muni has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6435 Hollywood Blvd. He is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, CA.
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