William Holden

:For the North Carolina Governor by this name, please see William Woods Holden. For the California Lieutenant Governor by this name, please see William Holden (politician).

Trivia

• Holden's acceptance speech for his Academy Award was the shortest on record: "Thank you."
• It is believed Holden's death is mentioned (ironically) in the song Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega:

:I open

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:Up the paper

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:There's a story

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:Of an actor

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:Who had died

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:While he was drinking

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:It was no one

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:I had heard of

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