DEATHIVERSARY: DOROTHY STRATTEN (August 14, 1980)

On August 14, 1980, Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten was murdered at the age of 20 by her estranged husband, manager, and all-around sleaze bag Paul Snider, who committed suicide beside Stratten in the West Los Angeles house they once had shared. Dead in Hollywood: Dorothy Stratten was only my second fanzine issue, and one of my main inspirations for Dead in Hollywood (along with Sal Mineo). Her death has always stayed with me and the fact that the house still looks exactly the same to this day.

RICHARD RAMIREZ - THE NIGHT STALKER

𝙸'𝚖 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝙽𝚎𝚝𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚡 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙽𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚛, 𝚁𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚁𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚣. 𝙸 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊 𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝙸𝙽 𝙷𝙾𝙻𝙻𝚈𝚆𝙾𝙾𝙳: 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙽𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙺𝙴𝚁 - 𝙿𝙰𝚁𝚃 𝟷 (𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝚗𝚘. 𝟷𝟺). 𝙼𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚘𝚗 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝟸. 𝙽𝚘𝚠, 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝟺 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜. 𝚂𝚎𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎. 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍.𝚌𝚘𝚖

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Fortune and Men's Eyes (Sal Mineo)

CLICK HERE for 𝚂𝚊𝚕 𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝟷𝟿-𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛-𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝙳𝚘𝚗 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊, "𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙼𝚎𝚗'𝚜 𝙴𝚢𝚎𝚜." 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚘. (𝙵𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚝 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝙻𝚘𝚜 𝙰𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜, 𝟷𝟿𝟼𝟿. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝟷𝟼𝚖𝚖 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚕 𝙺𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝙼𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚂𝚊𝚗 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘 𝙾𝚠𝚗𝚎𝚍, 𝙰𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝙹𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚍 𝙻𝚊𝙱𝚒𝚗𝚎)

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ISSUE No. 1: Sal Mineo

Hollywood’s ‘First Gay Teenager,’ Sal Mineo, was born on this day in 1939. Ahead of his time and taken way too soon. Sal was the youngest person nominated for an Academy Award for 1955’s “Rebel Without a Cause” where Sal played Plato, a lonely gay teenager in 1950’s America. He was nominated once again a few years later for his role in “Exodus” - the epic film on the founding of the modern State of Israel. By the early 1960s, Sal was becoming too old to play the type of role that had made him famous, and his rumored homosexuality led to his being considered inappropriate for leading roles. Sal's last role in a motion picture was a small part in the film Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971); he played the chimpanzee, Dr. Milo. In a 1972 interview, Sal openly discussed his bisexuality. At the time of his murder, he was in a six-year relationship with male actor Courtney Burr III. On the night of February 12, 1976, the actor returned home following a rehearsal for the play P.S. Your Cat Is Dead. After parking his car in the carport below his West Hollywood apartment, the 37-year-old was stabbed once in the heart by a mugger who quickly fled the scene. Police pursued multiple leads but assumed the crime to be the result of some sort of “homosexual motivation.” In March of 1979, Lionel Ray Williams was sentenced to 57 years in prison for both killing Mineo and committing ten robberies in the same area. Lionel was paroled in the 1990s. CLICK HERE for the issue that started it all DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: SAL MINEO (Issue no. 1).

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DEATHIVERSARY: CARRIE FISHER (December 27, 2016)

𝙾𝚗 𝙳𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟻, 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟻, 𝙸 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎, 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 "𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎 𝙰𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚜." 𝙸 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚜𝚜'𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚎. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙻𝚎𝚒𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎-𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜-𝚘𝚕𝚍, 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚠 "𝚁𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙹𝚎𝚍𝚒" 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚛 𝙴𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝟹 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚛 𝙴𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝙼𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝙱𝚛𝚢𝚊𝚗, 𝚃𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚜 - 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚃𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚜. 𝙰𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍, 𝚖𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙. "𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐," 𝙸 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝚁𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝙸 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚞𝚗 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚡𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚛, 𝚏𝚊𝚛 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 (𝙻𝚘𝚜 𝙰𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜) 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚜 (𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎-𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚎𝚜) 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎 (𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍). 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙻𝚎𝚒𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚎 𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚢 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙻𝚎𝚒𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚎 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕-𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚘𝚐, 𝙶𝚊𝚛𝚢, 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚋𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚐. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝, 𝙸 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚐𝚊𝚢. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚍, 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚊𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚜𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎. 𝙰 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗. 𝙼𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚎; 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚍, 𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝.

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DEATHIVERSARY: GEORGE MICHAEL (25 December 2016)

𝙳𝙴𝙲𝙴𝙼𝙱𝙴𝚁 𝟸𝟼, 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟼: 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚁𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝟼𝟼 𝚒𝚗 𝚂𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚘, 𝙲𝙰, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙶𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚜! 𝙼𝚢 𝚑𝚞𝚜𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝙴𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑-𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚋𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝙻𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚁𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙼𝚢 𝚑𝚞𝚜𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚎'𝚜 𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕'𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎. 𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎 𝟸𝟸 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 "𝚕𝚎𝚠𝚍 𝚊𝚌𝚝" 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝙱𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝙷𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖. 𝙰 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚜𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚡𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚢𝚎-𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚋𝚒𝚌 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚙 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚌 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑. 𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝟷𝟻-𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛-𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙-𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚃𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝? 𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕'𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚌 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 "𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎" 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟼, 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚞𝚜𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸, 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚐𝚊𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚙𝚕𝚎, 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕 𝚋𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚖! 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙶𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜. 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚑. 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍.𝚌𝚘𝚖

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HERE LIES NATALIE WOOD.

CLICK HERE for DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: HERE LIES NATALIE WOOD. (Issue #18) The unauthorized guide to Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary.

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DEATHIVERSARY: LUPE VELEZ (December 14, 1944)

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚂𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎, 𝙻𝚞𝚙𝚎 𝚅é𝚕𝚎𝚣, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝙼𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗-𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝚅é𝚕𝚎𝚣 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝟷𝟿𝟺𝟺, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚐𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜’𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑. 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝙸𝙽 𝙷𝙾𝙻𝙻𝚈𝚆𝙾𝙾𝙳: 𝙻𝚄𝙿𝙴 𝚅É𝙻𝙴𝚉 (𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 #𝟷𝟹).

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COMING ATTRACTIONS!

What movies are you watching to pass the time? L.A. has just gone into another lockdown. This was will last until December 28th, but I’m sure it will be longer. When I look out my dining room window, I still see a lot of cars on the street. Back to work on the next issue of Dead in Hollywood! Who knows this Latin Lover’s story?

6,390 words and hundreds of photos later...

DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: THELMA TODD - ICE CREAM BLONDE (Issue 16).

CLICK HERE for your copy! This issue features 36 full-color pages of mystery and intrigue with a ton of original photos - you’ll see nowhere else - of the many Thelma Todd landmarks including the garage where she died.