George Reeves....Murder or Suicide
Keeping with the Hollywood theme for a bit. This is a case that I have seen a lot about over the years and have heard the debates. Even doing the research for this and learning or refreshing more I do not know which I believe happened. The official report is that George Reeves (45), television's Superman, went upstairs to his room while his finance and some friends were downstairs on the morning of June 16, 1959 and retrieved a gun out of a drawer and shot himself while sitting on his bed. Speculation followed as to whether it really was suicide or if it was murder. Much of that came from the actions of his fiance I believe. If, in fact, George committed suicide it would not surprise me. He had sort of a rough life. His mother had claimed that he was born in April 1914 when he was actually born January 5, 1914. He did not know the truth until he was an adult. She had claimed this because his birth and his parents' marriage were less than the...