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On July 3, 1918, young Alan accidentally burned down the family home while playing with matches. His mother moved to Oklahoma City, where she married Jim Beavers, a house painter (d. 1936). [6] In the early 1920s an economic downturn led to Ladd's family moving to California, which took four months.
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Jan. 29 (AP)—Alan Ladd, the film star, was found dead today in his home here, apparently of a heart attack. He was 50 years old. In view of the circumstances of Mr....
Mar 15, 2018 · But in 1937, tragedy struck. Ladd’s mother, after asking to borrow money from him, bought poison and drank it in the backseat of his car. She effectively committed suicide in front of her son,...
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Jan. 31 (AP)—Alan Ladd did not die of a heart attack, but the cause of death will have to be determined by laboratory tests, a deputy coroner said today.
A combination of drugs and alcohol caused the death of Alan Ladd, it was reported yesterday by the county coroner. James S. Bird Jr. said in Riverside that the movie hero’s death last Wednesday was accidental.
By the end of the 1950s liquor and a string of so-so films had taken their toll. In November 1962 he was found unconscious lying in a pool of blood with a bullet wound near his heart, a probable suicide attempt. In January 1964 he was found dead, apparently due to an accidental combination of alcohol and sedatives.
Alan Ladd died on January 29, 1964 in Palm Springs, California of an overdose of pills and alcohol, aged 50 years. His death, although suspected to be suicide was officially ruled to be accidental. He was buried at Forest Lawn in Glendale, California.
In January 1964 he was found dead, apparently due to an accidental combination of alcohol and sedatives.
Jan 29, 2014 · Some suspicion arose that he might have committed suicide, but his death was ruled an accidental overdose. Ladd was survived by Alan Ladd Jr. and his two children with Carol: son David...
Most people believe Alan Ladd committed suicide, but the details surrounding his 1964 death are so convoluted no one can be sure what really happened. History is often guilty of erring on the side of sensationalism—but in Ladd’s case suicide is a reasonable assumption.
