Frank Churchill [SEP] manner of death
Oscar nominations; the first for cowriting the score to "Bambi" with Edward Plumb, and the second for cowriting the song "Love is a Song" from "Bambi" with lyricist Larry Morey (1905–1971).
Death.
Frank Churchill committed suicide on May 14, 1942, at his ranch north of Los Angeles in Castaic. He is purported to have died "at the piano" of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Although there is some speculation that his suicide was a result of negative discourse with
– Edwin G. Conklin
- 10 Jul – Paul V. McNutt
- 17 Jul – Sonja Henie
- 24 Jul – Edda Ciano
- 31 Jul – Wendell L. Willkie
- 7 Aug – William Woodward
- 14 Aug – Maurice Gamelin
- 21 Aug – Eleanor Holm
- 28 Aug – Frank Murphy
- 4 Sep – Winston Churchill
- 11 Sep – Edward Rydz-Śmigły
- 18 Sep – Joseph P. Kennedy
- 25 Sep – Walther von Brauchitsch
- 2 Oct – Arthur