COMING ATTRACTIONS!

What movies are you watching to pass the time? L.A. has just gone into another lockdown. This was will last until December 28th, but I’m sure it will be longer. When I look out my dining room window, I still see a lot of cars on the street. Back to work on the next issue of Dead in Hollywood! Who knows this Latin Lover’s story?

DEATHIVERSARY: NATALIE WOOD (November 29, 1981)

39 years ago today actress Natalie Wood died, drowning off the coast of California in Two Harbors on Catalina Island. Two years ago I retraced Wood’s lost weekend on the island. You can read all about it in the fanzine DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: NATALIE WOOD (Issue #8). CLICK HERE for your copy of the zine!

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DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: NATALIE WOOD

Two years ago, on Natalie Wood’s deathiversary, I did a Natalie Wood slideshow at the Pool Gallery. We projected the slides on the bottom of the pool. It was freezing, but so worth it! You can read more about the slideshow in the upcoming issue of DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: HERE LIES NATALIE WOOD (Issue #18). A companion piece of sorts to DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: NATALIE WOOD (Issue #8).

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HALLOWEEN EVE: DOMINIQUE DUNNE

𝙷𝙰𝙻𝙻𝙾𝚆𝙴𝙴𝙽 𝙴𝚅𝙴 𝟷𝟿𝟾𝟸: "𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚒𝚜𝚝" 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝙳𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚆𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡-𝚋𝚘𝚢𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝙾𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟹𝟶, 𝟷𝟿𝟾𝟸 - 𝟻 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎 "𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚒𝚜𝚝." 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝙽𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟺. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝟸𝟸. 𝙾𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝙳𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚅𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙰𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑. 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝙸𝙽 𝙷𝙾𝙻𝙻𝚈𝚆𝙾𝙾𝙳: 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙿𝙾𝙻𝚃𝙴𝚁𝙶𝙴𝙸𝚂𝚃 𝙲𝚄𝚁𝚂𝙴 (𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 #𝟸𝟿). 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝙸𝙽 𝙷𝙾𝙻𝙻𝚈𝚆𝙾𝙾𝙳: 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙺𝙴𝙳! (𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 #𝟽).

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SNEAK PEAK!

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COMING ATTRACTIONS: THE POLTERGEIST CURSE

I wrote about the death of actress Dominique Dunne two years ago in the fanzine DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: STALKED! CLICK HERE FOR A COPY and stay turned for DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: THE POLTERGEIST CURSE! Coming this Halloween.

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The Death of Dominique Dunne

"𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚒𝚜𝚝" 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝙳𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎, 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝙴𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚣, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝙳𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝙶𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚗 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎, 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛, 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎 "𝙰𝚗 𝙰𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚆𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚠𝚘𝚕𝚏 𝚒𝚗 𝙻𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗." 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚊𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚎? 𝙹𝚘𝚊𝚗 𝙵𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙳𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎! 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡-𝚋𝚘𝚢𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢. 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎. 

DEATHIVERSARY: JAMES DEAN (Sept. 30, 1955)

CLICK HERE for DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: JAMES DEAN (Issue #6) And stayed tuned for Issue #30 DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: ALL ROADS LEAD TO DEAN (Issue 30) where I retrace Dean’s death drive. It was such a trippy road trip. I’ll never forget it and you can read all about soon!

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DEATHIVERSARY: LARRY BREEDING (SEPTEMBER 28, 1982)

𝙻𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚞𝚙-𝚊𝚗𝚍-𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚃𝚅 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚌 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝟽𝟶𝚜/𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝟾𝟶𝚜, 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚊𝚜 "𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝙱𝚘𝚊𝚝" 𝚊𝚗𝚍 "𝙴𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝙴𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑." 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 "𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚛" 𝚒𝚗 "𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚝." 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝟷𝟻 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚜. 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝-𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 "𝙻𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚎 & 𝚂𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚢." 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛, 𝙿𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚢 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕, 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚁𝚘𝚋 𝚁𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚛. 𝙷𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚢. 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐'𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚟𝚎𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚕𝚒𝚗 𝙰𝚟𝚎. 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚅𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚂𝚝. 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝟹𝟼 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚢.