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Mar 5, 2024 · The funeral of William Taylor Desmond took place in St Pauls's Cathedral in L.A. before he was interred in Hollywood Forever Cemetery. His last film "The Top of New York" was released four months ...
May 21, 2021 · Taylor’s valet arrived at the apartment at 7:30 a.m. the next day to make him breakfast. Upon entering the residence, he found Taylor dead on the floor with blood around his mouth. The death at first appeared to be the result of natural causes, but the coroner ruled differently after locating a pool of blood under the body and a bullet wound ...
Feb 9, 2016 · Edward Sands —For a time, serial con artist Edward Sands worked as Taylor’s houseman. Ultimately, he stole $5,000 from Taylor and disappeared, though not without sending a mocking note to Taylor under the latter’s real name, William C. Deane-Tanner. A few days before his death, Taylor began receiving hang-up phone calls.
Sep 29, 2023 · At 7:30am on Thursday 2 February 1922, valet Henry Peavey walked through the affluent neighbourhood of Westlake, Los Angeles, towards a bungalow in the Alvarado Court Apartments. His destination was 404-B South Alvarado Street, the home of his employer, movie director William Desmond Taylor. Peavey opened the front door, and screamed.
My book, William Desmond Taylor: A Dossier, was published in 1991. It resulted in a few local press interviews, including Phoenix New Times, and on-screen time for three cable TV documentaries on the Taylor case. Between 1984 and 1991 a lot of my free time was devoted to library microfilm research into the Taylor case.
Jan 26, 2022 · William Desmond Taylor, in uniform. When they rolled over the body at 404 B Alvarado Court Apartments, revealing the fatal bullet hole, Hollywood was already on a precipice. The aforementioned ...
Apr 27, 2021 · By Tyler MacDonald / April 27, 2021 3:26 pm EST. Hollywood film director William Desmond Taylor's career came to a violent end when he was discovered murdered in his Alvarado Court Apartments bungalow with a bullet in his back, per History. It wasn't long before scrutiny of his untimely death pulled back the curtain on a curious web of sex ...
