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Special thanks to Bob Siler for this wonderful list.

Date
Location
Factual Tidbit
1887
Smith Center, Kansas
Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle was born here on March 24 to William Goodrich Arbuckle and Mary Arbuckle.
1888
826 - 828 North Birch Street
Santa Ana, California
The family settled into this small double house that his parents turn into a small hotel. This was young Arbuckle's boyhood home.
1919-1921
649 W. Adams Boulevard
Silverlake, California
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He bought this amazing mansion from actress Theda Bara and moved in with his first wife, dancer and actress Minta Durfee.

1920

1621 Ocean Avenue
Long Beach, California

The property featured a tunnel, leading directly to the sea.

1921

3424 West Adams Boulevard
Silver Lake, California

Needing money in the wake of the scandal, he moved into this property and rented the house at 649 West Adams to Raoul Walsh and Miriam Cooper.

1926

North Canyon Drive
Beverly Hills, California

Arbuckle rented this house from producer and friend Joseph Schenck. He lived in it with his second wife, Doris Deane.

1930-1933

1851 North Ivar
Hollywood, California

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Arbuckle was living here, at the famous (infamous?) Alto Nido Apartments, at the time of his death. The complex would later include among its residents the "Black Dahlia," Elizabeth Short. The Alto Nido Apartments are also featured in Billy Wilder's "Sunset Boulevard" as home to B-movie screenwriter, Joe Gillis (played by William Holden).

1933

55th St. and 7th Avenue
New York, New York

On June 29 at 2:30 AM, Arbuckle died in his sleep in his hotel suite. His third wife, Addie Dukes McPhail, had him cremated and brought his ashes back to Los Angeles with her. She later scattered them over the Pacific Ocean.

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