Who was the first "posthumous" Oscar winner?

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Gone With the Wind screenwriter Sidney Howard became the first posthumous Oscar winner in 1939. On 23 August 1939, he was killed while working on his farm in Massachusetts. He was driving his tractor when it rolled over on top of him. BBC archives.

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Peter Finch was the first performer to win a posthumous Oscar for his role in Network after suffering a heart attack in 1977.

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