Veronique Peck, the widow of legendary actor Gregory Peck and a long-time active figure in the cultural life of Los Angeles, died Friday, August 17 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 80. The cause was heart failure, said her children, Anthony Peck and Cecilia Peck Voll. She and Gregory Peck were married for nearly 50 years, until his death in 2003. Witty, intellectual, and a sparkling conversationalist known for hosting lively soirees in her Holmby Hills home, Veronique Passani Peck was born in Paris, the daughter of architect Antoine Passani, and...
- 8/19/2012
- by Wrap Staff
- The Wrap
Veronique Passani Peck, the widow of Oscar-winning actor Gregory Peck and a longtime arts patron, has died. She was 80. Family publicist Monroe Friedman says Veronique died Friday of heart failure at her Los Angeles home. Photos: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2012 Born in Paris, Veronique met the actor when he was en route to Italy to star in Roman Holiday (1953) and she interviewed him for the newspaper France Soir. At age 23, she moved to the U.S. and married the handsome leading man on New Year's Eve 1955, one day after the divorce from his first wife,
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- 8/19/2012
- by the Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
President Obama will introduce a screening of To Kill a Mockingbird, marking the movie's 50th anniversary, at the White House Family Theater on Thursday. Children from Washington, D.C. area schools have been invited to attend. Also on hand will be Mary Badham, who portrays Scout in the film; Veronique Peck, whose late husband Gregory Peck starred in the film as attorney Atticus Finch; Howard Stringer, chairman of the AFI board of trustees; Ron Meyer, president and COO of Universal Studios; and Bob Gazzale, AFI president and CEO; and Arne Duncan, the U.S. Secretary of Education. Obama also will
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- 4/4/2012
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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