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Reeves ended the affair in 1958 after meeting and starting a relationship with "B-girl" Leonore Lemmon in New York [1] while he was traveling on business. His death by gunshot wound to the head five months later was officially ruled a suicide, although questions have been raised about the circumstances under which he died. [ 4 ]
Reeves died of a gunshot wound to the head, in the upstairs bedroom of his home at 1579 Benedict Canyon Drive [34] in Benedict Canyon between 1:30 and 2:00 a.m. on June 16, 1959, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) report. Leonore Lemmon and other party guests were in the home at the time.
After Bernice's death, Mannix began living with actress and Ziegfeld Follies dancer Toni Lanier, with whom he had been having an affair. They married in May 1951 and remained married until Mannix's death in 1963. [10] Mannix was suspected of involvement in the death of actor George Reeves, the star of the series Adventures of Superman. [11]
"Super/Man: The Story of Christopher Reeve" is a moving, wrenching, compellingly well-made documentary about Reeve’s life that inevitably ends up centering on his accident and its aftermath.
In June 1959, Louis Simo, a sleazy Los Angeles private investigator, is spying on the wife of a man named Chester Sinclair to learn if she is having an affair. On a visit to his own ex-wife Laurie, Simo learns that his son is upset over the recent death of actor George Reeves, having been found dead inside his Beverly Hills home with a gunshot wound to the head, which the police ruled as a ...
Will Reeve was just three years old when his dad, Superman actor Christopher Reeve, was paralyzed from the neck down in a horse riding accident.Eight years later, after living an inspiring life as ...
Jun. 26—Throughout his varied and celebrated career, actor Jack Lemmon, who died 20 years ago Sunday, appeared in more than 60 films, including "Some Like It Hot," "Mister Roberts" and "Save the ...
George Reeves played Superman in the 1951 film Superman and the Mole Men and the ensuing television series Adventures of Superman. Like Alyn, he was too closely associated with the role to find further work. On June 16, 1959, days before he was to be married, Reeves was found dead of a gunshot wound at his home with his Luger pistol near him.