Sometime in the early hours of June 16, 1959, George Reeves, the actor known to millions of kids as Superman, died of a gunshot to the head. The man of steel was now cold as ice. The L.A. police labeled the death a suicide. Some friends called it murder, and the disturbing evidence left behind a tantalizing mystery.Here, for the first time, is the truth about the dangerous double life and tragic death of Reeves: the real events of that Los Angeles night set amid the glamor, allure, and sinister core of Tinseltown in the 1950s. "Hollywood Kryptonite" is a riveting tale of jealousy, passion, and tragedy in the day swhen the Hollywood studio held absolute power.
Sometime in the early hours of June 16, 1959, George Reeves, the actor known to millions of kids as Superman, died of a gunshot to the head. The man of steel was now cold as ice. The L.A. police labeled the death a suicide. Some friends called it murder, and the disturbing evidence left behind a tantalizing mystery.Here, for the first time, is the truth about the dangerous double life and tragic death of Reeves: the real events of that Los Angeles night set amid the glamor, allure, and sinister core of Tinseltown in the 1950s. "Hollywood Kryptonite" is a riveting tale of jealousy, passion, and tragedy in the day swhen the Hollywood studio held absolute power.