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1. Leonard Nimoy died in 2015 from complications arising from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Two years earlier he appeared in his final movie in a small cameo supporting role as Spock Prime, playing his iconic character Spock now existing in an alternate universe. What was the name of the movie?
2. Cardiac arrest caused by intoxicating prescription drugs took Heath Ledger's life in 2008. At the time of his death he was shooting what turned out to be his final movie appearance. His role of Tony was completed by three other actors after his death. What was the name of the movie?
3. About two years before a combination of skin cancer and Alzheimer's disease took Burgess Meredith to actor's heaven in 1997, he appeared in a small supporting role as Grandpa Gustafson in a sequel to a film about two feuding geriatric neighbors and their love lives. What was the name of the movie?
4. In 1980, four years before brain cancer took her life, Ethel Merman made her final motion picture appearance in a cameo role as Lieutenant Hurwitz in this comedy spoof starring Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty. What was the name of the movie?
5. About one year before he died from colorectal cancer in 1987, Jackie Gleason co-starred with a young Tom Hanks in Gleason's last movie appearance. The plot involved Hanks' character dealing with the outcome of his aged parents' divorce. Gleason's character was named Max Basner. What was the name of the movie?
6. Seven years before pancreatic cancer extinguished his humor forever in 1974 at the ripe old age of 80, Jack Benny had a small cameo appearance in his final motion picture appearance. He played Technical Adviser, Ollie 'Sweet Lips'. What is the name of the movie?
7. In his last theatrical motion picture in 1984 before AIDS brought him eternal rest in 1985, Rock Hudson played Frank Stevenson, a loyal chief security officer trying to thwart an international blackmail scheme. What was the name of the movie?
8. Ten years before respiratory failure took his final breath from him at age 95, Buddy Ebsen had a brief cameo in a theatrical version of an old classic TV series. He played a geriatric private investigator named Barnaby Jones in the film. What was the name of the movie?
9. In the last year of his life when a final heart attack in 1980 took him to see his maker, Peter Sellers starred in the last movie of his career as an iconic master criminal character created by author Sax Rohmer. What was the name of the movie?
10. In 1964, the same year he was felled forever by a stroke, Peter Lorre had a supporting role in a Jerry Lewis movie as his final movie appearance. What was the name of the movie?
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