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Broadway. Return to Warner Bros. Teacher's Pet and second Oscar nomination. The Rogues. They Shoot Horses Don't They? Career decline. Personal life. Death. Filmography. Awards and nominations. References. External links. Gig Young (born Byron Elsworth Barr; November 4, 1913 – October 19, 1978) was an American stage, film, and television actor.
Dec 7, 2012 · Gig Young was an Oscar-winning actor who ended his life and his fifth wife's in a New York apartment in 1978. The blog post explores his troubled career, marriages, and motives for the tragic incident.
The murder/suicide occurred at The Osborne Apartments on West 57th Street between Seventh Avenue & Broadway, a co-op building. On the day he died, Gig Young taped an episode of the Joe Franklin TV show (which never aired) and then went home and committed the murder suicide.
Apr 29, 2020 · On an October afternoon around 2:30 p.m. in a New York City apartment, Gig Young shot a bullet through the back of the head of his new (and fifth) wife, Kim Schmidt, followed by one into his head. Schmidt was just 31 years old and Young was 64.
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Gig Young was an actor who won an Oscar for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) but died by suicide in 1978. He had a troubled personal life, a long career in film and TV, and was known for his roles as a heavy drinker.
- November 4, 1913
- October 19, 1978
Oct 19, 2013 · Learn about the tragic fate of Gig Young, a character actor who interviewed James Dean shortly before his death in a car crash. Young also won an Oscar for his role in \"They Shoot Horses, Don't They?\" but died by suicide in 1978.
