George Reeves - Death by Suicide or Hollywood Murder?

As Tinseltown controversies go, George Reeves is one of the more baffling because of the numerous conflicting stories from those who were at his house when the Superman actor allegedly shot himself while sitting on the bed in his room. Some reports have blamed Toni Mannix, a former showgirl, and her husband Eddie Mannix, then MGM general manager. Reeves and Toni were having an affair. Meanwhile, Reeves was engaged to Leonore Lemmon, who in some accounts, was upstairs at the time of the gunshot that took Reeves’ life. Some stories claim Lemmon ran down the stairs yelling to the guests, “Tell them [police] I was down here, tell them I was down here!” Officially, Reeves’ death was ruled a suicide brought on by depression at not getting the parts he desired. All three scenarios were dramatized in the Ben Affleck joint Hollywoodland.
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