Burns and Allen of the Academy Awards, a record that would remain until Jessica Tandy won an Oscar for "Driving Miss Daisy" in 1989. Burns, who became a centenarian in 1996, continued to work until just weeks before his death of cardiac arrest on March 19, 1996, at his home in Beverly Hills. In 1929 Burns and Allen made their debut radio performance broadcast in London on the BBC. In the United States, they had failed at a 1930 NBC audition. After a solo appearance by Gracie on Eddie Cantor's radio show, they were heard together on Rudy Vallee's "The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"
Driving Miss Daisy (2014 film) the United States and Canada, presented by Screenvision in association with Broadway Near You. On August 2, 2014, "Driving Miss Daisy" was screened at Village Cinemas in Melbourne, Australia and featured the previously taped Q&A session with Angela Lansbury, followed by an Australian-wide limited release. On May 14, 2015, "Driving Miss Daisy" was presented as a one-night only event in U.S. cinemas nationwide by Fathom Events and Broadway Near You. "Driving Miss Daisy" was broadcast nationwide on PBS stations as a presentation of the "Great Performances" series on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 9 pm. The Australian stage production was