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Show Business Homicides: An Encyclopedia, 1908-2009 (Out of print)

AUTHOR Frasier, David K.
PUBLISHER McFarland & Company (12/24/2010)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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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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ISBN-13: 9780786444229
ISBN-10: 0786444223
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 420
Carton Quantity: 35
Product Dimensions: 6.90 x 1.20 x 10.00 inches
Weight: 1.98 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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Performing Arts | General
Performing Arts | General
Performing Arts | Criminology
Grade Level: College Freshman and up
Dewey Decimal: B
Library of Congress Control Number: 2010038405
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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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Author: Frasier, David K.
David K. Frasier is the author of Russ Meyer?The Life and Films: A Biography and a Comprehensive, Illustrated and Annotated Filmography and Bibliography (1997) and Murder Cases of the Twentieth Century: Biographies and Bibliographies of 280 Convicted and Accused Killers (1996). He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.
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