Where were you when you heard he died ?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — George Reeves
voyager829 — 18 years ago(June 09, 2007 06:13 PM)
It was 1959 and I was 5-1/2 years old and remember i was on an elementary school bus when a classmate told me he died. I remember the classmate said that "superman shot himself cause lois lane found out his secret identity".
nonsense of course but stories passed around grade school usually have a lot of misinformation.
I just remember my 2 brothers and i absolutely loved sitting in front of that 13" t111cv and watching our favorite showTHE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN ! we got a kick when my mothers favorite show, I love lucy, featured george reeves in one episode. -
whosit — 18 years ago(October 07, 2007 02:50 PM)
I was a year1c84 old when he died, so I grew up always knowing that he had diedbut don't remember the when, where and how I learned this.
What I do recall was talking to some classmates during recess about the typical nonsense stories regarding jumping off a roof or out a window. It wasn't until many years later that I went to the library and looked up the a micro film copy of the news article. I was most struck at how the tone of the writing was very yellow and completely out of context for the NY Times. That lead me to more research that continues to this day.
As much as no one ever wants to believe that someone can kill themselves, and especially a person so intertwined with our childhood, I'm leaning towards believing that he may have done so, albeit accidentally. He had been on pain killers and also drinking, the combination of which often results in depression. He may have already been in a somewhat depressed state and this was the final straw which pushed him over the edge. In other words, at that moment he was non compos mentis which translates to not being of sound mind. -
willydoe71 — 16 years ago(November 25, 2009 06:43 AM)
I wasn't born until 12 years later. But my father knew George Reeves, so I grew up watching the re-runs of the show, knowing what had happened to him. My dad wasn't a close friend, he had done some type of off Broadway acting with him before. My dad never believed the suicide myth and neither do I.
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SayNoToRemakes — 11 years ago(December 21, 2014 07:42 PM)
I was almost 8 months old when he died, but I remember watching Superman a lot in the early 1960s. However, I was an adult when I found out he was shot (remember - no Internet or cable back then.) My parents would have never told me as a child, but I honestly don't remember the exact moment I found out. I do remember being sad about it because I loved that show so much.
But I do remember when JFK died when I was 5. It was all over the TV for sure, and my mom saved all the newspapers from that week and still has them. -
RIP_IMDb — 11 years ago(January 15, 2015 09:09 PM)
I was over negative four years old on the date of his murderso I wasn't doing much of anything, IF at all. At least I don't recall doing anything,
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