disturbing hollywood deaths
Mark Steese
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> "M C Hamster" <davo...@speakeasy.hairnet> wrote:
>> I just would never, ever, ever have thought to check to see if Nick
>> Adams, renowned as Johnny Yuma, The Rebel on TV was also actually in
>> Rebel Without a Cause. I wonder how many stars have been on TV shows
>> with a similar name to an unrelated movie? It's a statistical
>> anomaly.
>
> Search for "Carrie Anne Moss" and "Matrix."
And then there's George Clooney, who appeared in the TV show "E/R" in
1984, ten years before "ER" debuted.
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and other Disturbing Hollywood Deaths
James Gifford
Not bad, but I don't see anything on one of the best in this genre: Lupe
Velez.
The "Mexican Spitfire" was a successful B-movie actress who experienced a
downturn in popularity and being dumped by a lover - whose child she had
also discovered she was carrying. She decided to go out in grand style,
and so had a lunch of her favorite enchiladas, took a huge handful of
barbiturates, and laid down in a white dressing gown on a white couch
surrounded by white flowers, prepared to be discovered "sleeping"
peacefully in white beauty.
The enchiladas and pills had a fight, and she apparently had to run to
the bathroom to throw up. Woozy, she slipped, jammed her head in the
toilet, and drowned.
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Lalbert1
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>oswaldac...@aol.com (OswaldActedAlone) wrote:
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>Not bad, but I don't see anything on one of the best in this genre: Lupe
>Velez.
>The "Mexican Spitfire" was a successful B-movie actress who experienced a
>downturn in popularity and being dumped by a lover - whose child she had
>also discovered she was carrying. She decided to go out in grand style,
>and so had a lunch of her favorite enchiladas, took a huge handful of
>barbiturates, and laid down in a white dressing gown on a white couch
>surrounded by white flowers, prepared to be discovered "sleeping"
>peacefully in white beauty.
>The enchiladas and pills had a fight, and she apparently had to run to
>the bathroom to throw up. Woozy, she slipped, jammed her head in the
>toilet, and drowned.
Scroll down the page and you will see:
"Lupe Velez [1908-44] "Mexican Spitfire" - Went out in style by committing
suicide by swallowing pills amid a roomful of flowers. "
Maybe the bathroom had flowers in it.
I question the accuracy of some of the listings. For instance, it says, "John
Garfield [1913-52] Film Star, Everyman - Died of a heart attack in 1952,
shortly after being placed on the Hollywood blacklist. [Editor's Note: Many say
it was the blacklist that did him in.] "
It was no secret that John Garfield had a heart attack while screwing his
girlfriend in her Gramercy Park apartment.
And a footnote to, "William Desmond Taylor [1877-1922] Silent Film Director -
Shot to death in his Los Angeles bungalow. [Editor's Note: The case remains
unsolved.] "
King Vidor, an old time Hollywood director, researched the murder in 1967. He
claimed to have solved the case and was going to make a movie out of it. He
never did but Vidor's research was used for the book, "A Cast of Killers" by
Sidney D. Kirkpatrick, 1986.
Les
chrisgreville
"Lalbert1" <lalb...@aol.com> wrote in message
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>
> I question the accuracy of some of the listings. For instance, it says,
"John
> Garfield [1913-52] Film Star, Everyman - Died of a heart attack in 1952,
> shortly after being placed on the Hollywood blacklist. [Editor's Note:
Many say
> it was the blacklist that did him in.] "
>
> It was no secret that John Garfield had a heart attack while screwing his
> girlfriend in her Gramercy Park apartment.
>
Ah, she really got a stiff one then.
Chris Greville
(Someone hadda say it)
Mark Steese
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[snip]
> And a footnote to, "William Desmond Taylor [1877-1922] Silent Film
> Director - Shot to death in his Los Angeles bungalow. [Editor's Note:
> The case remains unsolved.] "
> King Vidor, an old time Hollywood director, researched the murder in
> 1967. He claimed to have solved the case and was going to make a
> movie out of it. He never did but Vidor's research was used for the
> book, "A Cast of Killers" by Sidney D. Kirkpatrick, 1986.
I read Kirkpatrick's book a few years after it came out, and figured
he'd pretty much nailed the solution. Two or three years ago I found
the website for Taylorology, the newsletter for William Desmond Taylor
buffs, of whom there are evidently quite a few. Issue 65 was devoted to
pointing out the errors in Kirkpatrick's book, which were plentiful: see
http://www.public.asu.edu/~bruce/Taylor65.txt
Of course, anybody can say that a book is full of mistakes, but the
Taylorology people went to the trouble of digging up the original police
reports, newspaper articles, etc., and IMO they make a pretty good case
that Kirkpatrick botched it.
James Gifford
>> Not bad, but I don't see anything on one of the best in this genre:
>> Lupe Velez.
> Scroll down the page and you will see:
>
> "Lupe Velez [1908-44] "Mexican Spitfire" - Went out in style by
> committing suicide by swallowing pills amid a roomful of flowers. "
>
> Maybe the bathroom had flowers in it.
He missed the really good part of the story.
> I question the accuracy of some of the listings.
Ditto.
M C Hamster
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> lalb...@aol.com (Lalbert1) wrote:
> >> Not bad, but I don't see anything on one of the best in this genre:
> >> Lupe Velez.
>
> > Scroll down the page and you will see:
> >
> > "Lupe Velez [1908-44] "Mexican Spitfire" - Went out in style by
> > committing suicide by swallowing pills amid a roomful of flowers. "
> >
> > Maybe the bathroom had flowers in it.
>
> He missed the really good part of the story.
>
> > I question the accuracy of some of the listings.
>
> Ditto.
Well, it cites Nick Adams as being in Rebel Without a Cause, whereas of
course he was The Rebel on TV.
My brother told me that Superman killed himself, and I cried just like I did
when he told me a few years earlier that there was no Santa Claus.
M C Hamster "Big Wheel Keep on Turnin'" -- Creedence Clearwater Revival
Mark Steese
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> "James Gifford" <n...@nitrosyncretic.kom> wrote in message
> news:778b5d5483e39dfb...@news.teranews.com...
>> lalb...@aol.com (Lalbert1) wrote:
>> >> Not bad, but I don't see anything on one of the best in this
>> >> genre: Lupe Velez.
>>
>> > Scroll down the page and you will see:
>> >
>> > "Lupe Velez [1908-44] "Mexican Spitfire" - Went out in style by
>> > committing suicide by swallowing pills amid a roomful of flowers. "
>> >
>> > Maybe the bathroom had flowers in it.
>>
>> He missed the really good part of the story.
>>
>> > I question the accuracy of some of the listings.
>>
>> Ditto.
>
> Well, it cites Nick Adams as being in Rebel Without a Cause, whereas
> of course he was The Rebel on TV.
He also played Chick in Rebel Without a Cause, though.
M C Hamster
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> "M C Hamster" <davo...@speakeasy.hairnet> wrote in
> news:401c7f66$0$76049$45be...@newscene.com:
>
> > "James Gifford" <n...@nitrosyncretic.kom> wrote in message
> > news:778b5d5483e39dfb...@news.teranews.com...
> >> lalb...@aol.com (Lalbert1) wrote:
> >> >> Not bad, but I don't see anything on one of the best in this
> >> >> genre: Lupe Velez.
> >>
> >> > Scroll down the page and you will see:
> >> >
> >> > "Lupe Velez [1908-44] "Mexican Spitfire" - Went out in style by
> >> > committing suicide by swallowing pills amid a roomful of flowers. "
> >> >
> >> > Maybe the bathroom had flowers in it.
> >>
> >> He missed the really good part of the story.
> >>
> >> > I question the accuracy of some of the listings.
> >>
> >> Ditto.
> >
> > Well, it cites Nick Adams as being in Rebel Without a Cause, whereas
> > of course he was The Rebel on TV.
>
> He also played Chick in Rebel Without a Cause, though.
Well I'll be. I stand corrected. I am chagrined.
artyw
> oswaldac...@aol.com (OswaldActedAlone) wrote:
> The "Mexican Spitfire" was a successful B-movie actress who experienced a
> downturn in popularity and being dumped by a lover - whose child she had
> also discovered she was carrying. She decided to go out in grand style,
> and so had a lunch of her favorite enchiladas, took a huge handful of
> barbiturates, and laid down in a white dressing gown on a white couch
> surrounded by white flowers, prepared to be discovered "sleeping"
> peacefully in white beauty.
>
> The enchiladas and pills had a fight, and she apparently had to run to
> the bathroom to throw up. Woozy, she slipped, jammed her head in the
> toilet, and drowned.
She should have had the tacos instead.
James Gifford
> Well, this doesn't top the "head in a toilet" thing, but didn't Elvis
> die from pinching a loaf? Is that true?
He was on the can, reading a book about "the scientific search for Jesus"
or some such, and had a heart attack. It might have been from a strainful
pinch.
rich tintera
> Auntie Em Slipped a Plastic Bag Over Her Head . . .
> and other Disturbing Hollywood Deaths
>
> http://www.altreel.com/offbeat-cinema/index.html
Check out the book "Hollywood Babylon" (and its sequel) for lots of
interesting deaths.
Incredible Rhyme Animal
>"can...@thelast.mile" <can...@thelast.mile> wrote:
>> Well, this doesn't top the "head in a toilet" thing, but didn't Elvis
>> die from pinching a loaf? Is that true?
>
>He was on the can, reading a book about "the scientific search for Jesus"
>or some such, and had a heart attack. It might have been from a strainful
>pinch.
While Presley's body was found in the bathroom, the bathroom at Graceland
served a dual function as library, and it's unlikely a fellow with the massive
quanity of narcotics in his system the king had would've been moving his bowels
for the next few days.
I believe Heart Attack, or irregular heartbeat, is the official cause of death,
and indeed it's likely Elvis inherited a predeliction for heart disease from
his mother, it would be foolish to deny the role of a massive drug stack in his
death.
Mark Steese
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And lots of non-existent documentation.
Ken Anger probably didn't invent any of the rumors he reports, but he
definitely didn't spend a lot of time trying to verify them. The odd
thing is that there are plenty of authentically lurid stories about
Hollywood stars, but he preferred made-up ones. (Either that, or he was
the most gullible human being who ever lived.)
Blinky the Shark
> "can...@thelast.mile" <can...@thelast.mile> wrote:
>> Well, this doesn't top the "head in a toilet" thing, but didn't Elvis
>> die from pinching a loaf? Is that true?
> He was on the can, reading a book about "the scientific search for Jesus"
> or some such, and had a heart attack. It might have been from a strainful
> pinch.
Saw a one-frame cartoon the other day, of Elvis sitting on the can,
reading a newspaper and whistling or humming (per the balloon) a tune,
which device was used to show that he was happy. The caption was,
"Elvis, unplugged."
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Lots42 The Library Avenger
> While Presley's body was found in the bathroom, the bathroom at Graceland
>served a dual function as library, and it's unlikely a fellow with the
>massive
>quanity of narcotics in his system the king had would've been moving his
>bowels
>for the next few days.
>
Elvis is male. EVERY male's bathroom serves as dual function as a library.
Because most women leave guys' bathrooms alone.
Lots42 The Library Avenger
>
>My brother told me that Superman killed himself, and I cried just like I did
>when he told me a few years earlier that there was no Santa Claus.
Did Superman kill Santa Claus?
groo
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> Well I'll be. I stand corrected. I am chagrined.
"I am chagrined." That's it? That's all ya got?
My faith in hamsters has been severely eroded.
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M C Hamster
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> "M C Hamster" <davo...@speakeasy.hairnet> asserted in news:401c8885$0
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>
> > Well I'll be. I stand corrected. I am chagrined.
>
> "I am chagrined." That's it? That's all ya got?
>
> My faith in hamsters has been severely eroded.
>
I just would never, ever, ever have thought to check to see if Nick Adams,
renowned as Johnny Yuma, The Rebel on TV was also actually in Rebel Without
a Cause. I wonder how many stars have been on TV shows with a similar name
to an unrelated movie? It's a statistical anomaly.
So, what... you want me to throw myself, groveling on the ground? I have
far too much pride for that. I think chagrin is an appropriate level of
shame for this offense.
James Gifford
> I just would never, ever, ever have thought to check to see if Nick
> Adams, renowned as Johnny Yuma, The Rebel on TV was also actually in
> Rebel Without a Cause. I wonder how many stars have been on TV shows
> with a similar name to an unrelated movie? It's a statistical
> anomaly.
Search for "Carrie Anne Moss" and "Matrix."
:)
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