But that's just my opinion.
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FloatingOpera7 — 19 years ago(August 24, 2006 01:59 AM)
Because no one in Hollywood at the time wanted to 'fess up about murdering out of jealous rage. The MGM Executive whose wife had the affair with George Reeves must have hired a hit man. He wanted the whole thing to be covered up and hush-hush so that no one would think badly of him because George Reeves was beloved by Americans as Superman. Back then, people were worried about their reputation far more than today's people who dont give a damn about what others think. Old Hollywood was very cruel. I think that he was murdered after allpoor George.
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s_jlblackbur — 19 years ago(September 08, 2006 04:23 PM)
Hi, I'm new to this board, but I thought I'd look on it since the new movie is coming out and I am fan of him in Gone With the Wind.
I saw a segment on unsolved mysteries about his death years ago, I was probably only around 11. I may be wrong, but I think there was also something about the actual entry woundthey said that he would have had to hold the gun with his thumb up in the air, as most people do. But Reeves was knowlegeable about guns and would have been more likely to hold the gun with his thumb pointing down. I might be wrong, this may have been another murder/suicide case I saw.
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WhWm — 20 years ago(December 22, 2005 11:25 AM)
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revsolly — 15 years ago(October 17, 2010 09:55 PM)
The man who runs the Superman Museum in Metropolis, Il., purportedly has the recording of Reeves' fiance making a deathbed confession to shooting him.
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JimB-4 — 15 years ago(October 27, 2010 11:09 PM)
Not true. A Hollywood publicist claims to have heard Reeves's ex-girlfriend give a deathbed confession to a priest (in the publicist's presence!), but no recording exists and the ex-girlfriend had suffered from Alzheimer's Disease for years prior to her death. Reeves's fiance, by the way, was found dead from complications of alcoholism nearly a week after her death, so no deathbed confession there, either. At any rate, she never varied from the suicide story.
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JimB-4 — 15 years ago(October 29, 2010 10:58 PM)
I think "Actually, it is true" is an insufficient counter-argument. I've been researching this story for decades and interviewed both women. The publicist's story doesn't hold water, and the fiance story holds less. If you have something useful to add to the discussion, I'd love to hear it, as I'm always open to having my mind changed by credible evidence. But just telling me I'm wrong isn't evidence. Thanks.
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RobH8119 — 13 years ago(February 05, 2013 06:20 AM)
Late for the party, but considering that is Mr. Jim Beaver who you are discrediting, the same Jim Beaver who has been researching a book about George Reeves as well as served as a consultant for the movie Hollywoodland, I would say he has documented his c238laims quite well..wouldn't you?
