She kept a Colt .38-caliber revolver close, while he preferred a .45-caliber pistol from the same maker.

But neither weapon was enough to save American outlaws and lovers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow during a 1934 ambush by law enforcement officers.

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Guns owned by outlaws and lovers Bonnie Parker, left, and Clyde Barrow could sell for up to $200,000 each when auctioned Sept. 30 in New Hampshire. The Associated Press

Michael Clarke Duncan

Kristin Chenoweth

After the duo was dead, authorities recovered the revolver Bonnie had secured to an inner thigh with white medical tape.

They also seized the handgun Clyde had tucked into his waistband.

Nearly 80 years later, those guns and other items connected to the infamous gangsters will be going up for auction in New Hampshire on Sept. 30. An auction official estimated Thursday that each Bonnie and Clyde weapon could bring between $100,000 and $200,000.

“They were pretty famous in their moment and I think that’s lasted through time,” said Bobby Livingston, vice president of RR Auction in Amherst, N.H.

Besides the guns, other items Livingston’s company will auction include a gold pocket watch Clyde was wearing when he died, and a cosmetics case Bonnie was using to carry lipstick, Coty face powder and a powder puff. The brown leatherette box was inside the Ford automobile the gangsters were riding in when a posse of lawmen riddled it with bullets on a Louisiana road.

Also in the auction is a letter that Clyde wrote to his brother L.C. Barrow on the back of a photo showing a house on a platform surrounded by water. He signed it “bud,” his code name when he was on the run.

FBI files say Bonnie and Clyde met in Texas in 1930 and were believed to have committed 13 murders and several robberies and burglaries across America’s Midwest and South by the time they died. Law enforcement officials were among their victims.

Texas Ranger Frank Hamer led the posse of six lawmen who carried out the ambush, and auction officials said authorities gave Hamer the guns from the lovers’ bodies as part of his compensation for the operation.

‘Green Mile’ star suffers heart attack

LOS ANGELES – “The Green Mile” star Michael Clarke Duncan is recovering in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack.

Publicist Joy Fehily says in a brief email statement that the 54-year-old actor “suffered a myocardial infarction” early Friday.

She says his heart rate stabilized and he’s expected to make a full recovery.

Fehily wouldn’t confirm a TMZ.com report that Duncan’s actress-girlfriend, Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, discovered the former bodyguard in distress at about 2 a.m. Friday in his Los Angeles area home and revived him by performing CPR. Representatives for the actress didn’t immediately respond to requests by The Associated Press for comment.

Besides “The Green Mile,” Duncan appeared in the films “The Scorpion King,” “Armageddon,” “Breakfast of Champions,” “The Whole Nine Yards” and “Sin City.”

Stallworth has appeared on TV’s “The Apprentice,” “Fear Factor” and “Girls Behaving Badly.”

Actress Chenoweth out of hospital

NEW YORK – Actress Kristin Chenoweth is out of the hospital after being injured on the set of the CBS drama “The Good Wife.”

Her publicist, Jill Fritzo, said Thursday that Chenoweth was home recovering after being hit on the head by a piece of set equipment that fell in a gust of wind on Wednesday.

After being treated by medics on the scene, the 43-year-old actress was taken to a hospital.

Fritzo said Chenoweth “thanks everyone for their prayers and good wishes.”

Chenoweth has a recurring role on “The Good Wife” in the coming season.

– From news service reports

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