Tag: Drug overdose
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Both were doomed

Pier Angeli mystery death Pier Angeli was a sweetheart. James Dean loved her. Kirk Douglas loved her, as did singer Vic Damone, Italian film composer Armando Trovajoli, and Paul Newman. “The most beautiful Italian actress of the century,” Paul Newman said. “She was an extremely complex and gifted woman.” In the 1956 boxing movie Somebody…
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Paul Newman’s guilt over his son’s death

Paul Newman’s heartbreaking and poignant story about the loss of his son Scott will be told in a never before published memoir coming out next fall.
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Chairman of the Board: Marilyn was whacked!

Frank Sinatra never believed that Marilyn’s death was an accident. She was murdered and Robert Kennedy and the Mob were involved.
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Angels and demons battled for Billy Mackenzie’s soul

The Scottish singer and songwriter, known for his operatic tenor voice and lead singer of 1980s band The Associates, killed himself on this day, January 22, in 1997.
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Suicide — or murder most foul?

Jimi Hendrix was taken to hospital where all attempts to resuscitate him failed. He was pronounced dead at 12:45 p.m. He was 27.
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Rachel Roberts: ‘Everybody has a story—and a scream’

Welsh actress Rachel Roberts, Academy Award nominee for ‘This Sporting Life,’ killed herself on this day, November 26, 1980. She died from an overdose of barbiturates at her home in Studio City, California. She was 53 years old.
