The Divine Master Plan

A month before Divine's death in March 1988, the film "Hairspray" is released, and the performer's dreams of becoming a "respected" actor were finally coming true. He's lands a guest role on the 90s TV series "Married... With Children." The day before his death, he spends it rehearsing for his appearance at Sunset Gower Studios (1438 N Gower St.). Divine stays at the Regency Plaza Suites Hotel in Los Angeles (7940 Hollywood Blvd. - the hotel is demolished in '07) and enjoys dinner with some friends at the hotel's restaurant. Afterward, he retires to his room, where he dies in his sleep. Divine suffers from an enlarged heart due to obesity. He is only 42 when he dies. His body is flown back to Maryland, where he is buried. One of the wreaths at his gravesite is sent by Whoopi Goldberg. It bears the remark: "See what happens when you get good reviews."

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Hoogstraten

πšƒπš˜πšπšŠπš’ πš πš˜πšžπš•πš πš‘πšŠπšŸπšŽ πš‹πšŽπšŽπš— π™³πš˜πš›πš˜πšπš‘πš’ πš‚πšπš›πšŠπšπšπšŽπš—'𝚜 πŸΌπŸΆπšπš‘ πš‹πš’πš›πšπš‘πšπšŠπš’. πš‚πšπš›πšŠπšπšπšŽπš—, 𝚊 π™Ώπš•πšŠπš’πš‹πš˜πš’ π™Ώπš•πšŠπš’πš–πšŠπšπšŽ πš‹πš’πš•πš•πšŽπš 𝚊𝚜 πšπš‘πšŽ πš—πšŽπš‘πš "π™ΌπšŠπš›πš’πš•πš’πš— π™Όπš˜πš—πš›πš˜πšŽ," 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πš–πšžπš›πšπšŽπš›πšŽπš πš‹πš’ πš‘πšŽπš› πšŽπšœπšπš›πšŠπš—πšπšŽπš πš‘πšžπšœπš‹πšŠπš—πš. πš‚πš‘πšŽ 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝟸𝟢 πš’πšŽπšŠπš›πšœ πš˜πš•πš.

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DEATHIVERSARY: MABEL NORMAND (February 23, 1930)

π™΅πšŽπš  πš–πšŠπš’ πš‘πšŠπšŸπšŽ πš‘πšŽπšŠπš›πš 𝚘𝚏 πšœπš’πš•πšŽπš—πš πšœπšŒπš›πšŽπšŽπš— πšœπšπšŠπš› π™ΌπšŠπš‹πšŽπš• π™½πš˜πš›πš–πšŠπš—πš πš πš‘πš˜ 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πš•πš’πš—πš”πšŽπš 𝚝𝚘 πšœπšŽπšŸπšŽπš›πšŠπš• πš πš’πšπšŽπš•πš’ πš™πšžπš‹πš•πš’πšŒπš’πš£πšŽπš πšœπšŒπšŠπš—πšπšŠπš•πšœ πšπš‘πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘πš˜πšžπš πšπš‘πšŽ 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟢𝚜. π™½πš˜πš›πš–πšŠπš—πš πšŠπš™πš™πšŽπšŠπš›πšŽπš πš’πš— 𝟷𝟸 πšπš’πš•πš–πšœ πš πš’πšπš‘ π™²πš‘πšŠπš›πš•πš’πšŽ π™²πš‘πšŠπš™πš•πš’πš— πšŠπš—πš 𝟷𝟽 πš πš’πšπš‘ π™΅πšŠπšπšπš’ π™°πš›πš‹πšžπšŒπš”πš•πšŽ. πš‚πš‘πšŽ πš πš›πš˜πšπšŽ πšŠπš—πš πšŽπšŸπšŽπš— πšπš’πš›πšŽπšŒπšπšŽπš πšœπš˜πš–πšŽ 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽπšœπšŽ πšπš’πš•πš–πšœ. π™½πš˜πš›πš–πšŠπš—πš'𝚜 𝚌𝚘-πšœπšπšŠπš›, π™°πš›πš‹πšžπšŒπš”πš•πšŽ, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšπš‘πšŽ πšπšŽπšπšŽπš—πšπšŠπš—πš πš’πš— πšπš‘πš›πšŽπšŽ πš πš’πšπšŽπš•πš’ πš™πšžπš‹πš•πš’πšŒπš’πš£πšŽπš πšπš›πš’πšŠπš•πšœ πšπš˜πš› πš–πšŠπš—πšœπš•πšŠπšžπšπš‘πšπšŽπš›. π™°πš•πšπš‘πš˜πšžπšπš‘ πš‘πšŽ 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšŠπšŒπššπšžπš’πšπšπšŽπš, πšπš‘πšŽ πšœπšŒπšŠπš—πšπšŠπš• πšπšŽπšœπšπš›πš˜πš’πšŽπš πš‘πš’πšœ πšŒπšŠπš›πšŽπšŽπš›, πšŠπš—πš πš‘πš’πšœ πšπš’πš•πš–πšœ πš πšŽπš›πšŽ πš‹πšŠπš—πš—πšŽπš. π™½πš˜πš›πš–πšŠπš—πš πšπš’πš πšœπš˜πš–πšŽ 𝚘𝚏 πš‘πšŽπš› πš‹πšŽπšœπš πš πš˜πš›πš” πš πš’πšπš‘ πš‘πš’πš–, 𝚜𝚘 πš–πšžπšŒπš‘ 𝚘𝚏 πš‘πšŽπš› πš˜πšžπšπš™πšžπš 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πš•πš˜πšŒπš”πšŽπš 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚒. 𝙰 πš’πšŽπšŠπš› πš•πšŠπšπšŽπš›, πš’πš— 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟸, π™½πš˜πš›πš–πšŠπš—πš πš’πšœ πšπš‘πšŽ πš•πšŠπšœπš πš™πšŽπš›πšœπš˜πš— 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 πš‘πšŽπš› πšπš›πš’πšŽπš—πš πšŠπš—πš πšπšŠπš–πšŽπš πšπš’πš›πšŽπšŒπšπš˜πš›, πš†πš’πš•πš•πš’πšŠπš– π™³πšŽπšœπš–πš˜πš—πš πšƒπšŠπš’πš•πš˜πš›, πšŠπš•πš’πšŸπšŽ. πšπšžπš–πš˜πš›πšœ πšœπš πš’πš›πš•πšŽπš πšπš‘πšŠπš πšπš›πšžπš πšπšŽπšŠπš•πšŽπš›πšœ πš‘πšŠπš πš”πš’πš•πš•πšŽπš πšƒπšŠπš’πš•πš˜πš› πš‹πšŽπšŒπšŠπšžπšœπšŽ π™½πš˜πš›πš–πšŠπš—πš πš‘πšŠπš πšŠπšœπš”πšŽπš πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš’πš›πšŽπšŒπšπš˜πš›'𝚜 πš‘πšŽπš•πš™ πš’πš— πš”πš’πšŒπš”πš’πš—πš πš‘πšŽπš› πšœπšžπš™πš™πš˜πšœπšŽπš πšŒπš˜πšŒπšŠπš’πš—πšŽ πš‘πšŠπš‹πš’πš. πšƒπšŠπš’πš•πš˜πš› πšœπšžπš™πš™πš˜πšœπšŽπšπš•πš’ πšœπš™πš˜πš”πšŽ πš πš’πšπš‘ πšπšŽπšπšŽπš›πšŠπš• πš™πš›πš˜πšœπšŽπšŒπšžπšπš˜πš›πšœ πšœπš‘πš˜πš›πšπš•πš’ πš‹πšŽπšπš˜πš›πšŽ πš‘πš’πšœ πšπšŽπšŠπšπš‘. π™Έπš— 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟺, π™½πš˜πš›πš–πšŠπš—'𝚜 πšŒπš‘πšŠπšžπšπšπšŽπš› π™Ήπš˜πšŽ π™ΊπšŽπš•πš•πš’ πšœπš‘πš˜πš πšŠπš—πš πš πš˜πšžπš—πšπšŽπš πš–πš’πš•πš•πš’πš˜πš—πšŠπš’πš›πšŽ πš˜πš’πš• πš‹πš›πš˜πš”πšŽπš› π™²πš˜πšžπš›πšπš•πšŠπš—πš πš‚. π™³πš’πš—πšŽπšœ πš πš’πšπš‘ π™½πš˜πš›πš–πšŠπš—πš'𝚜 πš™πš’πšœπšπš˜πš•. π™½πš˜πš›πš–πšŠπš—πš πšπš’πšŽπš πšπš›πš˜πš– πšπšžπš‹πšŽπš›πšŒπšžπš•πš˜πšœπš’πšœ πš˜πš— π™΅πšŽπš‹πš›πšžπšŠπš›πš’ 𝟸𝟹, 𝟷𝟿𝟹𝟢.

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DEATHIVERSARY: THE BLACK DAHLIA (Jan 14 or 15, 1947)

π™΄πš•πš’πš£πšŠπš‹πšŽπšπš‘ "π™±πšŽπšπšπš’" πš‚πš‘πš˜πš›πš - πš”πš—πš˜πš πš— πš™πš˜πšœπšπš‘πšžπš–πš˜πšžπšœπš•πš’ 𝚊𝚜 πšπš‘πšŽ "π™±πš•πšŠπšŒπš” π™³πšŠπš‘πš•πš’πšŠ" - 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πš–πšžπš›πšπšŽπš›πšŽπš πšŽπš’πšπš‘πšŽπš› πšœπš˜πš–πšŽπšπš’πš–πšŽ πšπšžπš›πš’πš—πš πšπš‘πšŽ πšŽπšŸπšŽπš—πš’πš—πš 𝚘𝚏 π™ΉπšŠπš—πšžπšŠπš›πš’ 𝟷𝟺, πš˜πš› πšπš‘πšŽ πšŽπšŠπš›πš•πš’ πš–πš˜πš›πš—πš’πš—πš πš‘πš˜πšžπš›πšœ 𝚘𝚏 π™ΉπšŠπš—πšžπšŠπš›πš’ 𝟷𝟻. πšƒπš‘πšŽ πš πš˜πšžπš•πš-πš‹πšŽ πšŠπšŒπšπš›πšŽπšœπšœ'𝚜 πš–πšžπš›πšπšŽπš› πš‘πšŠπšœ πš‹πšŽπšŽπš— πšŒπš›πšŽπšπš’πšπšŽπš πš‹πš’ πš‘πš’πšœπšπš˜πš›πš’πšŠπš—πšœ 𝚊𝚜 πš˜πš—πšŽ 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš’πš›πšœπš πš–πšŠπš“πš˜πš› πšŒπš›πš’πš–πšŽπšœ πš’πš— πš™πš˜πšœπš-πš†πš˜πš›πš•πš πš†πšŠπš› 𝙸𝙸 π™°πš–πšŽπš›πš’πšŒπšŠ 𝚝𝚘 πšŒπšŠπš™πšπšžπš›πšŽ πš—πšŠπšπš’πš˜πš—πšŠπš• πšŠπšπšπšŽπš—πšπš’πš˜πš— 𝚍𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 πš’πšπšœ πšπš›πšŠπš™πš‘πš’πšŒ πš—πšŠπšπšžπš›πšŽ. πš‚πš‘πš˜πš›πš'𝚜 πšŒπš˜πš›πš™πšœπšŽ 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšπš˜πšžπš—πš πš’πš— 𝚊 πšŸπšŠπšŒπšŠπš—πš πš•πš˜πš, πš–πšžπšπš’πš•πšŠπšπšŽπš, πš‹πš’πšœπšŽπšŒπšπšŽπš 𝚊𝚝 πšπš‘πšŽ πš πšŠπš’πšœπš, πšŠπš—πš πšπš‘πšŽ πš‹πš•πš˜πš˜πš πšπš›πšŠπš’πš—πšŽπš πšπš›πš˜πš– πš‘πšŽπš› πš‹πš˜πšπš’. πš†πš‘πšŽπš— πš•πš˜πšŒπšŠπš• πš›πšŽπšœπš’πšπšŽπš—πš π™±πšŽπšπšπš’ π™±πšŽπš›πšœπš’πš—πšπšŽπš› πšπš’πšœπšŒπš˜πšŸπšŽπš›πšŽπš πš‚πš‘πš˜πš›πš'𝚜 πš‹πš˜πšπš’, πšœπš‘πšŽ 𝚊𝚝 πšπš’πš›πšœπš πšπš‘πš˜πšžπšπš‘πš πšœπš‘πšŽ πš‘πšŠπš πšœπšπšžπš–πš‹πš•πšŽπš πšžπš™πš˜πš— 𝚊 πšπš’πšœπšŒπšŠπš›πšπšŽπš πšπšŽπš™πšŠπš›πšπš–πšŽπš—πš πšœπšπš˜πš›πšŽ πš–πšŠπš—πš—πšŽπššπšžπš’πš—. πšƒπš‘πšŽ 𝟽𝟹-πš’πšŽπšŠπš›-πš˜πš•πš πš–πšžπš›πšπšŽπš› πš‘πšŠπšœ πš—πšŽπšŸπšŽπš› πš‹πšŽπšŽπš— πšœπš˜πš•πšŸπšŽπš.

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DEATHIVERSARY: MY MOM (December 16, 2004)

πš‚πšŽπšŒπšπš’πš˜πš—: 𝙰, π™»πš˜πš: 𝟷𝟼𝟻, π™Άπš›πšŠπšŸπšŽ: 𝟹 πš’πšœ πš πš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ πš–πš’ πš–πš˜πš– πš’πšœ πš‹πšžπš›πš’πšŽπš 𝚊𝚝 πšπš‘πšŽ π™²πš˜πš•πš•πšŽπšπšŽ πš‚πšπšŠπšπš’πš˜πš— π™²πšŽπš–πšŽπšπšŽπš›πš’ πš’πš— π™±πš›πš’πšŠπš—, πšƒπšŽπš‘πšŠπšœ. π™Όπš’ πš–πš˜πš– πšπš’πšŽπš 𝟷𝟻 πš’πšŽπšŠπš›πšœ 𝚊𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚒. πš‚πš‘πšŽ πšœπšžπš›πšŸπš’πšŸπšŽπš πš‹πš›πšŽπšŠπšœπš πšŒπšŠπš—πšŒπšŽπš› πšπš˜πš› 𝟷𝟹 πš’πšŽπšŠπš›πšœ. π™·πšŽπš› πšπšŽπšŠπšπš‘ 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšŠπš•πš πšŠπš’πšœ πšŠπš›πš˜πšžπš—πš πšπš‘πšŽ πšŒπš˜πš›πš—πšŽπš›, πš‹πšžπš πš’πš πšœπšπš’πš•πš• πšŒπšŠπš–πšŽ 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 πšπš˜πšπšŠπš• πšœπš‘πš˜πšŒπš”. π™Όπš’ πš–πš˜πš– 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πš πš˜πš›πš›πš’πšŽπš πšœπš‘πšŽ'𝚍 πš‹πšŽ πšπš˜πš›πšπš˜πšπšπšŽπš—. π™°πšπšπšŽπš› πšœπš‘πšŽ πšπš’πšŽπš, πšŠπš•πš• 𝙸 πšπš’πš 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšπš›πš’ 𝚝𝚘 πšπš˜πš›πšπšŽπš. πšƒπš˜πš—πš’πšπš‘πš 𝙸 πš›πšŽπšŠπš πš‘πšŽπš› πš˜πš‹πš’πšπšžπšŠπš›πš’ πšπš˜πš› πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš’πš›πšœπš πšπš’πš–πšŽ πšœπš’πš—πšŒπšŽ πš‘πšŽπš› πšπšŽπšŠπšπš‘: "πšπšŽπš—πšŽ π™±πšŽπšπš‘ π™»πš’πš—πšŒπš‘ π™²πšŠπšœπšπš›πš˜ 𝚘𝚏 π™°πš›πš•πš’πš—πšπšπš˜πš—, πšƒπšŽπš‘πšŠπšœ, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 πš‘πš˜πš–πšŽπš–πšŠπš”πšŽπš›, πš‹πšŽπš•πš˜πšŸπšŽπš πš–πš˜πšπš‘πšŽπš›, πšŠπš—πš πš πš’πšπšŽ. πš‚πš‘πšŽ 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšŠπš— πšŠπšŸπš’πš πšπš˜πš•πšπšŽπš› πš πš‘πš˜ πšŽπš—πš“πš˜πš’πšŽπš πš›πšžπš—πš—πš’πš—πš '𝚁𝚊𝚌𝚎 πšπš˜πš› πšπš‘πšŽ π™²πšžπš›πšŽ' πŸ»π™Ί'𝚜 πšŠπš—πš πš›πš’πšπš’πš—πš πš‘πšŽπš› πš‘πš˜πš›πšœπšŽ, πšπš˜πš–πšŽπš˜. π™±πšžπš πš–πš˜πšœπš 𝚘𝚏 πšŠπš•πš•, πšœπš‘πšŽ πšŽπš—πš“πš˜πš’πšŽπš πšœπš™πšŽπš—πšπš’πš—πš πšπš’πš–πšŽ πš πš’πšπš‘ πš‘πšŽπš› πš‘πšžπšœπš‹πšŠπš—πš πšŠπš—πš 𝚝𝚠𝚘 πšŒπš‘πš’πš•πšπš›πšŽπš—. πš‚πš‘πšŽ 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πš™πš›πš˜πšžπšπšŽπšœπš 𝚘𝚏 πš‹πšŽπš’πš—πš 𝚊 πš πš’πšπšŽ πšŠπš—πš 𝚊 πš–πš˜πšπš‘πšŽπš›." 𝙸 πšŠπš– πš™πš›πš˜πšžπš 𝚝𝚘 πš‹πšŽ πš‘πšŽπš› πšœπš˜πš—.

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Deathiversary: Lupe Velez

πšƒπš‘πšŽ π™ΌπšŽπš‘πš’πšŒπšŠπš— πš‚πš™πš’πšπšπš’πš›πšŽ, π™»πšžπš™πšŽ πš…πšŽΜπš•πšŽπš£, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš’πš›πšœπš πšœπšžπšŒπšŒπšŽπšœπšœπšπšžπš• π™ΌπšŽπš‘πš’πšŒπšŠπš—-πš‹πš˜πš›πš— π™·πš˜πš•πš•πš’πš πš˜πš˜πš πšŠπšŒπšπš›πšŽπšœπšœ. πš…πšŽΜπš•πšŽπš£ πšπš’πšŽπš πš˜πš— πšπš‘πš’πšœ 𝚍𝚊𝚒 πš’πš— 𝟷𝟿𝟺𝟺, πšŠπš—πš πšπš‘πšŽ πšŒπš˜πš—πšπš›πš’πš‹πšžπšπš’πš˜πš—πšœ πšœπš‘πšŽ πš•πšŽπšπš πš‹πšŽπš‘πš’πš—πš πšŠπš›πšŽ πš–πš˜πšœπšπš•πš’ πš•πš˜πšœπš 𝚝𝚘 πšŠπš— πšžπš›πš‹πšŠπš— πš•πšŽπšπšŽπš—πš πšœπšžπš›πš›πš˜πšžπš—πšπš’πš—πš πš‘πšŽπš› πšπšŽπšŠπšπš‘. Pick up a copy of DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: Lupe Velez (Issue 13) HERE!

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