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==Death== [[File:Irene Dunne Grave.JPG|thumb|190px|Crypt of Irene Dunne at Calvary Cemetery (notice incorrect birth year)]] Dunne died at the age of 91 in her Holmby Hills home on September 4, 1990,<ref name="dies88">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-05-mn-512-story.html|title=Irene Dunne, Leading Star of '30s and '40s, Dies at 88|date=September 5, 1990|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=May 9, 2016|archive-date=June 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604051803/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-09-05/news/mn-512_1_irene-dunne|url-status=live}}</ref> and was entombed four days later{{sfnp|Schultz|1991|p=26}} next to her husband in the [[Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles]].<ref name="malta">{{cite book |first=Allan R. |last=Ellenberger |title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory |date=2001 |isbn=978-0786409839 |page=18 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8bOJCgAAQBAJ&q=knights+irene+dunne&pg=PA18 |chapter=Cavalry |publisher=McFarland |access-date=September 1, 2020 |archive-date=September 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914175530/https://books.google.com/books?id=8bOJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA18&dq=knights+irene+dunne |url-status=live }}</ref> She had been unwell for a year with an irregular heartbeat, and became bedridden about a month before.<ref name="freelance"/> The funeral was private with family friend [[Loretta Young]] being the only celebrity allowed to attend.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=[unknown] |magazine=[[Daily Variety]] |date=1990-09-11 |page=2 |quote=Loretta Young was the only celebrity in attendance at Irene Dunne's funeral. Irene's business manager, John Larkin, said she did not want the event turned into a circus, therefore only thirty people were invited. Even President Ronald Reagan was refused when he called to request an invitation.}}</ref>{{sfnp|Schultz|1991|p=26}} Her personal papers are housed at the [[University of Southern California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libguides.usc.edu/c.php?g=234988&p=1561661|title=USC Cinematic Arts Library's Archives of Performing Arts: Collections List|publisher=USC Libraries Research Guides|access-date=May 9, 2016|archive-date=May 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512231346/http://libguides.usc.edu/c.php?g=234988&p=1561661|url-status=live}}</ref>
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