I just happen to have been Googling Jeanne Eagels the other day. I'm fascinated by her also. The bio I read said that they suspect that she was convulsing, and one doctor didn't realize that another doctor had already given her a powerful sedative injection, and gave her another one. Sounds very plausible. I loved the quote from Ruth Gordon: "She was the most beautiful thing I ever saw. And if you saw her, she would be the most beautiful thing you ever saw." I pair her with Marilin Miller. They were no starlets, they were HUGE stars.Amy Jeanne said:Amy = Real first name
Jeanne = After movie actress Jeanne Eagels, who died in 1929 of a herion overdose. I'm fascinated with lesser-known starlets who died young and under seedy circumstances!
Twitch said:Oh my. Well when I was in-country long ago as a recon Marine everyone got a moniker given them by the squad as something that fit. The Viking was a huge, fearless blond powerhouse of a guy. Bull had a massive upper body. Smokey was a black guy with green eyes like Smokey Robinson. The Kid was just 17.
I used to unknowlingly allow my finger to "twitch" on the trigger guard when we were hunkered down silently waiting for Charlie and that's how I got that name which I still use.......[huh]
Parallel Guy said:My hobby is following other years day for day. Currently I am following 1945 since that year and this one mesh up (Apr. 14 is Saturday in both years). I read the magazines, listen to the radio shows, etc. Anyway, I couldn't really think of what else to call it so I call it parallel history and so I must be Parallel Guy. By the way, Franklin Roosevelt's funeral is Sunday.