DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: HERE LIES NATALIE WOOD (Issue #18)

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Dead in San Diego: Betty Broderick (Issue 7.5)

𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍: 𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚔 (𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝟽.𝟻). 𝚃𝚠𝚘 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘, 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎-𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚎, 𝚖𝚢 𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝚘𝚏 𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚍. 𝙸'𝚖 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚄𝚂𝙰 𝙽𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢'𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 "𝙳𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚢 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗: 𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚔." 𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝟷𝟻 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 (𝚙𝚕𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚕 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚖), 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚡𝚒𝚖𝚞𝚖 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚠 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡-𝚑𝚞𝚜𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝙳𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚔, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚠𝚒𝚏𝚎, 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚊 𝙺𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚊. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚊 𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚆𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗, 𝚒𝚗 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚘, 𝙲𝙰. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝟽𝟸 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚕𝚍. 𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟽 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝟸𝟶𝟹𝟸. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚜 "𝚞𝚗𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝" 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚍. 𝙲𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎? "𝙸 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚕 𝚃. 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝙸𝙸𝙸 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚎, 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎, 𝚏𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚎. 𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎, 𝙸 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚛𝚒𝚙." -𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚒𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚢, 𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚔: 𝚃𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝙼𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 (𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟻). PICK UP YOUR COPY HERE!

The Prince of Baltimore

“With everything going on there this week, I had a lot I needed to get out.” Prince recorded the song “Baltimore" in response to the April 2015 murder of Baltimore’s Freddie Gray. Gray “fell into a coma” while in custody in a police van, dying a week later of a “severe spinal cord injury.” The six officers involved were suspended WITH pay. Eventually, the officers were found not guilty or had the charges dropped. Gray had been arrested on April 12 and charged with “illegal possession of a switchblade.” Video recordings by two bystanders captured Gray's arrest, showing Gray screaming and being dragged to a police van by officers. The medical examiner concluded that Gray’s death was a homicide. The officers failed to follow safety procedures “through acts of omission.” A witness recounted that the officers were “FOLDING" Gray - one officer bent Gray’s legs backward, and another held him down by PRESSING A KNEE INTO HIS NECK. Gray’s arrest and subsequent death sparked widespread protests in the city and around the country. In 2017, the Justice Department announced that the six arresting officers would face no federal charges in the 25-year-old’s death. On April 30, 2015, Prince recorded “Baltimore" at his Paisley Park Studios just outside of Minneapolis. A “bouncy track” that belies its dark subject matter: “Does anybody hear us pray?/For Michael Brown or Freddie Gray/Peace is more than the absence of war.” The song appears on Prince’s final album, 2015’s Hit n Run Phase Two. In honor of what would have been Prince’s 62nd birthday yesterday, the Prince estate released a new lyric video for the song.

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PRINCE ROGERS NELSON (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016)

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A KILLING AFFAIR (ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY and OJ SIMPSON)

A KILLING AFFAIR: In 1977, Elizabeth Montgomery (April 15, 1933 – May 18, 1995) and O.J. Simpson starred as LAPD homicide detectives in the made-for-TV crime drama, "A Killing Affair." While on the case, the partners start a "heated romantic affair," committing the ultimate "social crime." According to Jet magazine, there was little controversy generated by the interracial romance between its two protagonists. However, one Southern CBS affiliate did receive a bomb threat after the TV movie's airing. The New York Times wrote at the time, "'A Killing Affair" is an odd mixture of cliché and quietly powerful statements and perceptions... Mr. Simpson tends to settle into an acting monotone, but his personality is so basically attractive that he is able to get maximum results with minimum effort. Miss Montgomery accomplishes the difficult task of transforming a somewhat hardened and cynical professional into a vulnerable but unsentimental human being." TAGLINE: "The ax is going to fall.. this Fall."

BEHIND THE SIGN: EPISODE 1 - THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN GIRL (PEG ENTWISTLE)

I’m sure you are busy watching and rewatching “Behind the Sign: Episode 3,” but I’m happy to announce that episodes 1 & 2 are now on Youtube. Catch up on Episode 1 below! And find out what lies behind the sign… I had no idea when putting this episode together that Ryan Murphy’s new TV show “Hollywood” would feature Peg Entwistle’s story. But here she is, the Hollywood Sign Girl…

THIS IS WHERE I DIE: NATALIE WOOD

DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD THIS IS WHERE I DIE (Issue #22) will focus on the photos I have taken in and around Los Angeles over the past 20 years. This issue will feature never before seen photos of where stars like Natalie Wood, James Dean, and Dorothy Dandridge met their untimely fates.

THIS SATURDAY ON IGTV!

Check out an all-new episode of DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: BEHIND THE SIGN on the mysterious death of Tinseltown starlet Thelma Todd with NEVER BEFORE SEEN PHOTOS! And check out episodes 1 and 2 below before May 10th! Catch up, what else do we have to do right now?

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THIS IS WHERE I DIE...

I’ve spent 20 years photographing “death locations” in and around Los Angeles - from the gates of Cielo Drive to the charred remnants of Paramount Ranch in the mountains above Malibu. Dead in Hollywood: This Is Where I Die (Issue #20) will delve deep in the photo archives for never before seen photos of the actual locations where some of the most iconic Hollywood stars died! It’s the next best thing to being there in person! I’ll be sharing these photos on this site over the next month. Want to see a fanzine come alive before your very eyes?!?! Stay in and stay tuned! And stay safe!

Dorothy Dandridge’s front door at the El Palacio Apartments in West Hollywood, California.

Dorothy Dandridge’s front door at the El Palacio Apartments in West Hollywood, California.