Death
Hopper was hospitalized on February 14, 1970, after a stroke at his home in Yucca Valley, California, and was transferred to a hospital in Palm Springs when pneumonia developed. He died of a heart attack on March 6 at age 55.
He was buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California.
Actor Dennis Hopper was his cousin.
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