Editing Montgomery Clift (section)

==Death==
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On July 22, 1966, Clift spent most of the day in his New York City townhouse, located at 217 East 61st Street. His private nurse and companion, Lorenzo James, and he had not spoken much all day. Between midnight and 1:00&nbsp;am, James asked Clift, who was in his bed and reading a book, whether he would be interested in viewing a rebroadcast of ''The Misfits'' that was airing as a late-night movie. "Absolutely not!" exclaimed Clift, and James went to his own bedroom to sleep, without saying another word to Clift.<ref>Bosworth, p. 406</ref> 

At 6:30&nbsp;am, James woke up and went to wake Clift, but found the bedroom door closed and locked. Concerned and unable to break the door down, James ran down to the back garden and climbed up a ladder to enter through the second-floor bedroom window. Inside, he found Clift dead; he was undressed, lying in his bed still wearing his eyeglasses and with both fists clenched by his side. James used the bedroom telephone to call some of Clift's personal physicians and the medical examiner's office before an ambulance arrived.<ref>LaGuardia, p. 285</ref>

Clift's body was taken to the city [[morgue]] and autopsied. The [[autopsy]] report cited the cause of death as a [[heart attack]] brought on by "[[Coronary occlusion|occlusive coronary artery disease]]". No evidence was found that suggested foul play or suicide.<ref>Bosworth, p. 407</ref>

Drug addiction is commonly believed to have been responsible for Clift's many health problems and his death. In addition to lingering effects of [[dysentery]] and chronic [[colitis]], an underactive [[thyroid]] was later revealed during the autopsy. The condition (among other things) lowers blood pressure; it could have caused Clift to appear drunk or drugged when he was sober.<ref>McCann, p. 68</ref> 

Following a 15-minute funeral at [[St. James' Episcopal Church (Manhattan)|St. James' Church]] on [[Madison Avenue]] in [[Manhattan]], which was attended by 150 guests, including [[Lauren Bacall]], Frank Sinatra, and [[Nancy Walker]], Clift was buried in the Friends [[Quaker]] Cemetery, [[Prospect Park (Brooklyn)|Prospect Park]], [[Brooklyn]].<ref>Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 8764–8765). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.</ref> Elizabeth Taylor, who was in Rome, sent flowers, as did Roddy McDowall, [[Judy Garland]], [[Myrna Loy]], and [[Lew Wasserman]].<ref>LaGuardia, p. 288</ref>