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On June 25, 1965, the yacht drifted into Port Champerico, Guatemala, with three alive but very distraught women aboard and the body of Steve Cochran, who had died ten days earlier. The women did not know how to operate the boat, and were dependent upon its drifting to shore after his death.
An autopsy was. performed but pathologists said it would be several days before the cause of Cochran’s death could be determined. Authorities said the actor, who specialized in ”B” movie tough guy roles, apparently had been dead since June 13.
His 40-foot schooner, the Rogue, was discovered drifting off the coast of Guatemala by the Guatemalan Coast Guard on June 26, 1965. Two teenage girls and a woman, all from Mexico, were found aboard...
There were numerous rumors of murder and poisoning, and actress / former lover Merle Oberon used her influence to push for further police investigation, but no evidence of foul play was ever determined. The official cause of his death was given as Acute Infectious Edema (lung infection). Read More. Known For. Il Grido. White Heat.
But it’s none-theless one of Cochran’s most memorable death scenes. After overturn-ing his getaway car in a high-speed chase with the law, he climbs out of the wreckage and staggers onto a set of train tracks. He is dropped to his knees after getting hit by a spray of machine gun bullets but somehow doesn’t die.
Jun 15, 2020 · Steve Cochran (born Robert Alexander Cochran, May 25, 1917 – June 15, 1965) was an American film, television and stage actor. He attended the University of Wyoming. After a stint working as a cowboy, Cochran developed his acting skills in local theatre and gradually progressed to Broadway, film and television.
On 15 June 1965, at the age of 48, he died on his yacht off the coast of Guatemala of an acute lung infection. His body, along with three alive but upset female Mexican assistants (Eva Montero Castellano, 25, a seamstress; Eugenia Bautista Zacarias, 19, a laundress; and 14-year-old Lorenza de la Rosa), remained terrified on board for 10 days ...
