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Paul Leslie Snider (April 15, 1951 – August 14, 1980) was a Canadian nightclub promoter and pimp who murdered his estranged wife, Playboy model and actress Dorothy Stratten. Following her murder, Snider killed himself.
- Suicide by gunshot
- August 14, 1980 (aged 29), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Paul Leslie Snider, April 15, 1951, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Schara Tzedeck Cemetery, New Westminster, British Columbia
- The Early Years of Paul Snider, The “Jewish Pimp”
- Snider’s Life with Dorothy Stratten
- The Marriage of Paul Snider and Dorothy Stratten Turns Sour
- The Murder of Dorothy Stratten
Born in 1951 in Vancouver, Paul Snider led a life of hustling, no thanks to the circumstances of his early life. Snider grew up in Vancouver’s rough East End where he had to make his own way. His parents divorced when he was a young boy and he dropped out of school after seventh grade to fend for himself. He was skinny and slight, so he started wor...
Paul Snider and a friend went to an East Vancouver Dairy Queen in early 1978. Behind the counter stood Dorothy Hoogstraten. She was very tall, lithe, blonde, and gorgeous. He called her beautiful, she welcomed his advances as a shy young woman waiting to break out of her shell. Despite her good looks, Hoogstraten only had one boyfriend by the time ...
Paul Snider constantly reminded Dorothy Stratten that the two had a “lifetime bargain” and persuaded her to marry him in Las Vegas in June of 1979, just 18 months after meeting her. Stratten was willing, saying that she “can’t ever imagine myself being with any other man but Paul,” but the relationship was far from truly mutual. Snider never let hi...
Even though she was in love with her director, Dorothy Stratten felt guilty about leaving Paul Snider in the lurch. Snider made her uncomfortable, but Stratten remained loyal to caring for him. She was determined to take care of him financially — which would become her final undoing. Even Hefner, who considered himself a father figure to Dorothy St...
- William Delong
Oct 17, 2019 · Newsmen examine the car of Dorothy Stratten, "Playmate of the year 1980," after the nude bodies of her and her husband, Paul Snider, were found dead in this apartment in Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 1980.
- 9 min
- Lauren Effron,Anthony Rivas
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Nov 22, 2022 · Paul Snider was a nightclub promoter who discovered and groomed Dorothy Stratten, a Playboy Playmate and actor. He shot and raped her in 1980 after she left him for director Peter Bogdanovich.
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May 7, 2023 · According to the police report, Paul Snider had shot Dorothy Stratten in the eye with a 12-gauge shotgun, leaving nothing but a pulp of shattered bones and blood in her eye socket. Then, in a mad fit of grief, terror, and depravity, he’d stripped the clothes off of her and raped her dead body.
Nov 22, 2022 · Paul Snider was a promoter and pimp who murdered his wife Dorothy Stratten in 1980 and took his own life in 1981. He met her when she was a Playboy Bunny and became her manager, but their relationship was plagued by his narcissism, rage and possessive behavior. The show glosses over his true story, but reveals some details about his rise and fall in the entertainment industry.
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