Death
A heavy smoker most of his life, Crothers was diagnosed with lung cancer late in 1985, but continued to perform. The cancer eventually spread to his esophagus; he ultimately died of pneumonia on November 22, 1986 at his home in Van Nuys, California. Crothers is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood, California.
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