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Nov 2, 1998 · It took 25 years, and the tenacity of biographer James Curtis, to publicly reveal the truth behind the filmmaker’s death. In fact, Whale had left a suicide note, citing failing health for the ...
Whale died by suicide by drowning himself in his Pacific Palisades swimming pool on 29 May 1957 at the age of 67. [90] He left a suicide note, which Lewis withheld until shortly before his own death decades later.
Beset by personal, health and professional problems, James Whale committed suicide by drowning himself in the swimming pool of his Pacific Palisades (CA) home on 29 May 1957 at the age of 67. He left a suicide note, which his longtime companion David Lewis withheld until shortly before his own death decades later.
- July 22, 1889
- May 29, 1957
Beset by personal, health and professional problems, James Whale committed suicide by drowning himself in the swimming pool of his Pacific Palisades (CA) home on 29 May 1957 at the age of 67. He left a suicide note, which his longtime companion David Lewis withheld until shortly before his own death decades later.
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- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Mar 19, 1999 · A hand-written two-page suicide note was addressed “To ALL I LOVE,” and carefully explained that while Whale had a “wonderful life” behind him, his “nerves were shot” and he was “in agony...
Jan 17, 2022 · However, shortly before his own death in 1987, Whale's long-time companion David Lewis released a suicide note that Whale had left. The pair had split sometime around 1952, but remained good...
Jul 15, 1999 · If it is true, as Father of Frankenstein and Gods and Monsters claim, that Whale committed suicide by throwing himself into his pool, then he remained a master showman to the end, arranging the mise en scène of his own death with his characteristically witty and astringent sense of symbolic effect.
