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Today, on the last day of 2019, I visited Fred Astaire’s grave.

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Fred Astaire in his studio, photographed by John Engstead, 1955

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Fred Astaire on the roofs of Paris, 1956

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Fred Astaire and his beautiful smile, 1935

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Fred Astaire rehearsing on the set of Shall We Dance, from a home movie shot by George Gershwin (including a photobomb by Ira Gershwin), 1937

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Fred Astaire during the recording of The Astaire Story, photographed by Gjon Mili, 1952

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Fred Astaire, 1935

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Fred Astaire at home, 1979

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“Bye Delly–all love and say your prayers that little old Freddie makes some sense on the screen.”

Fred Astaire in a letter to his sister Adele in 1933, expressing his anxiety at the beginning of a movie career that would span 50 years.

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Fred Astaire in You’ll Never Get Rich, 1941

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Fred Astaire, 1940

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Fred Astaire, 1968

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Fred Astaire in Funny Face, 1957

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Rare footage of Fred Astaire running into paparazzi while walking around in Los Angeles, ca. 1940s

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“He was unique. The extraordinary lightness of the man, how he barely seemed to touch the floor. But he knew exactly what he was doing. He always pushed me in exactly the direction I should be going. He was strong but gentle in the hand and arm when you danced with him, a wonderfully trained strength. Yet there was a timidity about him—he was so vulnerable and shy. He worked terribly hard but never gave the impression he knew all the answers.”

— Audrey Hepburn on Fred Astaire

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Fred Astaire signing autographs at the premiere of The Band Wagon, 1953

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Okay, here’s another passage from a letter I read at the Fred Astaire Archive. Maybe it’s a little mean, but it made me laugh. This was from his time on Broadway, when he was around 30, written to his sister Adele after she’d left their partnership and he continued on his own. 

"I often get mobbed at the stage door by matinee girls. There's one awful one that has seen it 16 times like Sophie in London. She is terrible looking but must have dough 'cause she sits in the orchestra. She waits for me--holds my hand--writes to me etc. and she's honestly the worst looking girl I ever saw! I came out of the stage door with Phyl the other day [his soon-to-be wife] and I thought this bitch was gonna scratch her eyes out. Phyl almost died."

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