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Maureen O'Hara to be buried with husband in Arlington Cemetery Monday

By Karen Butler
Hollywood film actress Maureen O Hara, who is the Grand Marshall of New York's 238th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade, waves to admirers on March 17, 1999. Photo by Ezio Petersen/ UPI
Hollywood film actress Maureen O Hara, who is the Grand Marshall of New York's 238th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade, waves to admirers on March 17, 1999. Photo by Ezio Petersen/ UPI | License Photo

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Irish-born screen icon Maureen O'Hara is to be buried with her husband Monday in Virginia's Arlington Cemetery.

The Quiet Man and Miracle on 34th Street star died on Oct. 24 at her home in Idaho. She was 95.

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The Irish Independent said she will be laid to rest beside her late husband, U.S. Air Force officer and World War II hero, Lt. Col. Charles Blair, who died in a plane crash in the Caribbean in 1978.

The actress reportedly said shortly before she died that she wanted to be buried with her husband. Her funeral is set for Monday morning and interment will take place in the afternoon.

Among O'Hara's many other film classics were Jamaica Inn, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, How Green Was My Valley, The Spanish Main, Rio Grande and Against All Flags.

The actress was presented with an honorary Oscar for her body of work in 2014.

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