The Death of Dominique Dunne

"𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚒𝚜𝚝" 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝙳𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎, 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝙴𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚣, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝙳𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝙶𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚗 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎, 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛, 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎 "𝙰𝚗 𝙰𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚆𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚠𝚘𝚕𝚏 𝚒𝚗 𝙻𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗." 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚊𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚎? 𝙹𝚘𝚊𝚗 𝙵𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙳𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎! 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡-𝚋𝚘𝚢𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢. 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎. 

Cause I'm a Gambler...

𝚃𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝟹𝟻𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙼𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚊'𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎, "𝙶𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚛" - 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎 "𝚅𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚀𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝." 𝙱𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎, 𝙰𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘 𝙶𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘, 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔. 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚎'𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚕 𝚘𝚏 "𝙶𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚛." 𝙰𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚃𝚘𝚞𝚛, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚆𝚑𝚘'𝚜 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙶𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚃𝚘𝚞𝚛! 𝙰𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜! 

COMING ATTRACTIONS: ALL ROADS LEAD TO DEAN.

Today is the 65th deathiversary of James Dean, who died in a car crash on a lonely stretch of highway five hours north of Los Angeles in Cholame, CA. I’m sitting here tonight working on my upcoming fanzine ALL ROADS LEAD TO DEAN (Issue #30) which will focus on my road trip to Dean’s death site in 2018. I was on my way to the San Franciso Zine Fest and wanted to retrace Dean’s death drive. Lucky for me, I made it to my final destination. As we all know, Dean wasn’t so lucky. I have so many great photos and stories that will be in the fanzine, so stay tuned. Until then, CLICK HERE for DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: JAMES DEAN (ISSUE #6).

DEATHIVERSARY: JOHN RITTER (Sept. 11, 2003)

Read this story and more in the fanzine DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: BEHIND THE SIGN (Issue 20). 20 Tinseltown tinglers to keep you up at night! Coming Soon!

THE BUNNY MAN (Issue 25)

Do you know the Bunny Man? Issue 25 out soon…

Catch You On the Flip Side

BEHIND THE SIGN: Antony Hamilton

What lies behind the sign?

Darling Betty (Betty Broderick)

IDOL PRIDE

It's Whitney, Bitch

Putting the finishing touches on Dead in Hollywood: Behind the Sign (Issue 20). Instead of focusing on one dead celebrity, Issue 20 will focus on 20 strange and tragic Hollywood deaths. What lies behind the sign?

DEATHIVERSARY: FARRAH FAWCETT (June 25, 2009)

Upstaged in death by Michael Jackson’s death.

Farrah Fawcett’s grave at Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, CA. Photo taken by me last week.

DEATHIVERSARY: MICHAEL JACKSON (June 25, 2009)

Behind the Sign: Dorothy Dandrige Lives Here!

Episode 4 coming soon…

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!

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."

DEATHIVERSARY: ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY (May 18, 1995)

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…

BEHIND THE SIGN: THELMA TODD (EPISODE 3) OUT NOW!!!

THELMA TODD IS DEAD!

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.