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Robert Talmadge Keaton 1924 - 2009

Robert Talmadge Keaton of Del Mar, San Diego County, CA was born on February 3, 1924 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County to Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton and Natalie Talmadge. He had a brother Buster Keaton Jr. Robert Keaton died at age 85 years old on July 19, 2009 in Del Mar, San Diego County, and was buried at El Camino Memorial Park in San Diego.

Robert Talmadge Keaton

Bob Talmadge , Bobby

Del Mar, San Diego County, CA 92014

February 3, 1924

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States

July 19, 2009

Del Mar, San Diego County, California, 92014, United States

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Introduction

Robert "Bobby" F Talmadge Keaton was born on February 3rd, 1924, in Los Angeles, California, to comic actor Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (1895-1966), best known as "Buster Keaton", who was born in Kansas, and well-known silent film actress and producer Natalie Talmadge (1898-1969), who was born in New York state. Robert had an older brother, James Joseph Buster Keaton Jr (1922-2007). His mother's sisters, Norma and Constance Talmadge, were also well known actresses. Bobby's parents had a troubled marriage, described as "unhappy" and "arranged." They divorced in 1932 after 11 years and two sons. Natalie desired no more children and insisted on separate bedrooms, while Buster struggled with alcoholism. Robert "Bobby" Talmadge was a veteran of the United States Coast Guard, serving during World War II. Robert T. Keaton married Esaleta Patricia "Pat" Marie McGough (1916-1991) in 1948 and they had two sons. Unlike the other famous members of his family, the only media appearance Robert made was in 1957 on the 'This is Your Life' television show where he honored his father's life and career. After Bobby's parents' contentious divorce, he and his brother dropped the surname "Keaton" and they thereafter used the surname Talmadge. They didn't have any contact with their father thereafter, except for Bobby's aforementioned appearance on "This is Your Life". Bobby Talmadge died on July 19th, 2009, in Del Mar, California, at the age of 85. He is buried in El Camino Memorial Park in San Diego, San Diego County, California.
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1924

Birthday

February 3, 1924

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Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California United States

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Ethnicity & Family History

Robert was Caucasian. His maternal line, the Talmadge family, went back several generations in Connecticut and New York but the line is of English heritage, beginning with Thomas Talmadge, who was born in 1617 in England. His paternal line, the Keaton family, can be traced back to Joseph Hallie Keaton, his paternal grandfather, who was born in 1867 in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Nationality & Locations

Robert was born in Los Angeles California, and lived in Beverly Hills from at least the 1930s until 1940 when he lived in Malibu. He lived in Reno Nevada in 1960, and by the 1990s was living in Del Mar San Diego California. He died in Del Mar at the age of 85.
Military Service

Robert served in the United States Coast Guard. He enlisted in the military on December 8th 1942 and was discharged on March 25th 1946.
Personal Life & Family

Married with two sons, "Bobby" lived to the age of 85 and is buried in San Diego County, California.
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2009

Death

July 19, 2009

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Del Mar, San Diego County, California 92014, United States
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El Camino Memorial Park in San Diego, San Diego County, California 92121, United States
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Robert Talmadge Keaton lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.

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In 1924, in the year that Robert Talmadge Keaton was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.

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In 1943, Robert was 19 years old when on September 3rd, the Armistice of Cassibile was signed in Sicily. Under the terms of the Armistice, Italy surrendered to the Allied Powers. After the Armistice was made public on September 8th, Germany attacked and occupied Italy. It took 20 months of fighting for the Allies to reach the northern borders of Italy.

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