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Dec 21, 2018 · For two weeks in the fall of 2017, best-selling author James Ellroy re-investigated the 1976 murder of Sal Mineo, the Oscar-nominated actor from Rebel Without a Cause who died at 37 in the...
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Actor Sal Mineo is stabbed to death in Hollywood, California. Mineo was parking his car behind his apartment when neighbors heard his cries for help. Some described a white man with brown hair fleeing the scene. By the time they reached Mineo, he was almost dead from a deep wound to his chest. He died minutes later.
Sal Mineo was a famous teen actor in the 1950s. He co-starred with James Dean in both Rebel Without a Cause and Giant. The transition to adult roles did not come easily for Mineo, but he later appeared in films such as The Longest Day and Escape From the Planet of the Apes, and consistently performed guest spots on television series. On the night h...
For two years, the police searched in vain for clues to the killers identity. At first, they suspected that Mineos work for prison reform had put him in contact with a dangerous ex-con. Then their focus shifted to Mineos personal life. Investigators had discovered that his home was filled with pictures of nude men. But the homosexual pornography al...
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Sal Mineo. Salvatore Mineo Jr. (January 10, 1939 – February 12, 1976) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as John "Plato" Crawford in the drama film Rebel Without a Cause (1955), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at age 17, making him the fifth-youngest nominee in the category.
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Jun 2, 2022 · Little Gold Men. Hollywood’s First Gay Teenager and His Two Tragic Endings. This week’s Little Gold Men podcast kicks off a Pride Month series of Oscar flashbacks with Rebel Without a Cause and the...
Wednesday, January 2, 2019. For two weeks in the fall of 2017, best-selling author James Ellroy re-investigated the 1976 murder of Sal Mineo, the Oscar-nominated actor from Rebel Without a Cause who died at 37 in the carport outside his West Hollywood apartment. Together with Glynn Martin — a retired 20-year LAPD veteran — Ellroy pored over ...
Mar 16, 1979 · LOS ANGELES, March 15 (AP) — A pizza deliveryman, Lionel Williams, was sentenced today to at least 50 years in prison for killing Sal Mineo, the actor, and committing 10 robberies.
Jan 7, 2022 · Sal Mineo was a young sensation in Rebel Without a Cause but his career proved to be rocky and his death, downright tragic. The late director recalled his friend in a 1978 essay for Esquire. By...
