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Book Synopsis
A companion volume to the author''s Suicide in the Entertainment Industry: An Encyclopedia of 840 Twentieth Century Cases (2002), this reference work chronicles 298 cases of what can be broadly defined as celebrity homicides from the early twentieth century onward. Cases are drawn from the realms of film, theatre, music, dance and other entertainment fields. In each instance, the person was either the actual or suspected perpetrator or the victim of a murder.
Included are entries on such well-known personalities as film comedian Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle, actress Sharon Tate, music producer Phil Spector, rap artist Notorious B.I.G., and superstar Michael Jackson. Each entry covers the crime, its legal disposition, and the subject''s personal and professional background, comprehensively documented with notes and a separate bibliography.
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Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments vii
- Foreword by Jimmy McDonough 1
- Preface 3
- The Cases 5
- Appendix 1: Narcocorridos 355
- Appendix 2: Occupations 359
- Bibliography 369
- Index 375
