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The hollywood book of death by james robert parish is a book filled with interesting facts and tidbits about not only the deaths of famous and less famous stars. The bizarre, often sordid, passings of more than 125 american movie and tv idols, paperback by parish, james robert, isbn 0809222272, isbn 9780809222278, brand new, free shipping in the us provides details on the lives and deaths of such celbrities as bela legosi, john belushi, natalie wood, anthony perkins, and. In many respects the book reads in that fashion with a quickly moving plot, limited dialogue and short scenes that on the printed page become short chapters. This book charts the lives, loves and deaths of 30 of tinseltowns leading stars, including marilyn monroe, james dean, jean. Peter masterson peter masterson, an actor and the cowriter of the book for the musical the best little whorehouse in texas, as well as the father of actress mary stuart masterson, died on dec. From the grisly end of sharon tate at the hands of the manson family and the mysterious demise of bob crane to the peaceful passings of lucille ball and george burns, the hollywood book of death is a captivating and appealingly packaged volume of more than 125 television and movie stars final curtain calls. Posted in hollywood tagged aaron james, assholes a theory, death to hollywood, new york times bestseller leave a comment. Hollywoods starmaking machinery has its share of industrial accidents. Paging through this account of the car wreck that showbiz makes of some peoples lives, it is difficult for the. The actress was found dead in her automobile on dec.
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