What illness did Spencer Tracy have?

After years of declining health, Spencer Tracy was about to go into his hardest season yet. In July 1965, he was diagnosed with hypertensive heart disease. After a close call that same year, Tracy became homebound, spending the majority of his time with Katharine Hepburn.

When did Spencer Tracy pass away?

Spencer Tracy

How much older was Spencer Tracy than Katharine?

Tracy was 41-years-old, Hepburn was 34 and said of the meeting she “knew right away that [she] found him irresistible.”

What were Katharine Hepburn’s last words?

Katharine Hepburn’s last words: ‘They’re all dead – it’s amazing’

Is Spencer Tracy’s son John still alive?

Tracy died Friday night at his son’s ranch in Acton, where he had lived for the past five years, said his sister, Susie Tracy. The cause of death was not specified. He was 17 when his mother, Louise Treadwell Tracy, first spoke publicly about rearing a deaf child.

How did Katharine Hepburn pass away?

On June 29, 2003, Katharine Hepburn—a four-time Academy Award winner for Best Actress and one of the greatest screen legends of Hollywood’s golden era—dies of natural causes at the age of 96, at her home in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.