From Here to Eternity
1953
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Aug 27, 2023 · George Reeves, the actor who played Superman for the first time on television, may have become a legend to DC fans, but he also had a tragic history. ... While police handled the crime scene with ...
Aug 23, 2023 · In the early hours of June 16, 1959, a shot rang out in Los Angeles’s swanky Benedict Canyon. And just like that, something that was thought impossible happe...
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George Reeves, in the gray double-breasted suit that he used as Clark Kent on Superman , would be buried at Forest Lawn memorial park in Glendale, California. His marker would read "My Beloved Son "Superman" George Besselo Reeves, Jan. 6, 1914 June 16, 1959." In his will, George would leave his $71,000 worth of assets, including his Benedict ...
- The Return of Superman
- Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
- The Fiery Fiancée
- The Jilted Showgirl
The main reason Reeves was said to have committed suicide was depression over his declining fortunes as an actor. Superman had been cancelled and Reeves had struggled to find the serious work he craved. However, friends and relatives think Reeves’ career troubles were exaggerated. In actual fact The Adventures of Superman was due to return in 1960,...
Even outside of the world of comic books, bullets sometimes do funny things, and that was certainly the case in the death of George Reeves. According to the autopsy report, Reeves had taken his .30 caliber German Luger pistol, placed it near his right temple and pulled the trigger. He died instantly and fell backwards, his feet still hungover the b...
Leonore Lemmon was, by all accounts, a bit of a hell-raiser. Hard drinking and hard partying, she gave as good as she got, and had the dubious distinction of been the first woman to be thrown out of New York’s famous Stork club for fist fighting. She also had a reputation as a gold digger, having married twice before for money. Lemmon and Reeves ha...
Mobster Mickey Cohen once described Toni Mannix as the only person in Hollywood who had any balls. So when George Reeves spurned his long term mistress for a younger model, she did not take it lying down. Reeves himself was convinced it was Mannix behind a string of strange incidents that had befallen him in the aftermath of their breakup. He was i...
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Nov 13, 2023 · The strange bullets. Archive Photos/Getty Images. At the scene of the shooting, George Reeves was found lying naked on his bed with a gun resting on the floor between his legs (via Unsolved Mysteries ). Some things about the scene proved to be a little strange.
Jun 5, 2022 · According to the LAPD, there was no sign of forced entry or evidence that another person had been in the room with Reeves, and it has also been alleged that the police did not take photos of...
Mar 13, 2016 · Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberg’s 1996 book Hollywood Kryptonite gathered the evidence and imagined the scene. The book became the basis for Hollywoodland, a film in which Reeves was played by ...
