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George Keefer Brewer / George Reeves

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January 5, 1914 – June 16, 1959

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Officially ruled as suicide by gunshot, but some believe that he was murdered or the victim of an accidental murder.

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He is best known for portraying Superman in the television series Adventures of Superman (1952–1958).

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He was born Woolstock, Iowa, to Donald Carl Brewer and Helen Lescher. The couple divorced soon after Reeves was born. Reeves lived with his mother in Galesburg, Illinois. Later, his mother would decide to move them to California, to stay with her sister. His mother remarried a man named Frank Joseph Bessolo, who adopted Reeves and Reeves took his last name, becoming George Bessolo.

The Bessolo's marriage lasted for 15 years, only to seperate while Reeves was away visiting relatives. When he returned, his mother lied to him that his stepfather had died by suicide. Frank Bessolo did not die of suicide, but Reeves didn't know of this until he actually died when Reeves was well into his acting career. Reeves began acting and singing in high school and continued performing on stage as a student at Pasadena Junior College.

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Reeves was in the army.

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Reeves took his role of Superman very seriously, even going as far as to quit smoking to be a better role model to the kids that looked up to him. Though he loved being Superman, he grew tired of having to constantly play him, in addition to the contracts made with being able to play Superman made it hard for Reeves to find additional work.

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The suicide was allegedly due to depression that Reeves suffered for his failed career, and inability to find more work.

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"The report made by the LAPD states, "[Reeves was]... depressed because he couldn't get the sort of parts he wanted." Newspapers and wire-service reports quoted LAPD Sergeant V. A. Peterson as saying: "Miss Lemmon blurted, 'He's probably going to go shoot himself.' A noise was heard upstairs. She continued, 'He's opening a drawer to get the gun.' A shot was heard. 'See there—I told you so!'""

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Leonore Lemmon,