Natalie of Catalina
Natalie Wood framed with a tile from Catalina Island.
Research By the Beach
It's November 2nd and 82 degrees in L.A. We drive over to Venice Beach and get stoned in the car before walking the canals to the beach. I've spent the last week or two consumed by all things Halloween and River Phoenix - River's deathiversary is October 31, 1993 - so it was nice to jump back into Natalie Wood's life story... and on the beach! I was not expecting to spend the first weekend in November high by the beach. I arrive at the chapter where Wood is planning her ill-fated Thanksgiving weekend on Catalina Island. This Thanksgiving, my husband and I are spending Wood's deathiversary on Catalina Island. Anyone up for a seance over Thanksgiving dinner?
Deathiversary: Harry Houdini (October 31, 1926)
Magician Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926 of peritonitis, secondary to a ruptured appendix. He was 52. His last words before dying: "I'm tired of fighting." Witnesses to an incident in Houdini's dressing room at the Princess Theatre in Montreal speculated that a McGill University student, Jocelyn Whitehead, caused Houdini's death. Whitehead repeatedly struck Houdini's abdomen after asking the magician "if he believed in the miracles of the Bible" and "whether it was true that punches in the stomach did not hurt him." Whitehead then delivered "some very hammer-like blows below the belt" to Houdini who winced at each blow before stopping Whitehead in the midst of a punch. He had not expected Whitehead to strike him so suddenly and forcefully. Houdini performed that evening in great pain. He was unable to sleep and remained in constant agony for the next two days but did not seek medical help. When he finally saw a doctor, he was found to have a fever of 102 °F and acute appendicitis and was advised to have immediate surgery. He ignored the advice and decided to go on with the show.
This is Halloween Zine!
Behind the scenes of “The River Jonny Zine”
Dead in Hollywood: The River Jonny (issue 4.5)
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚁𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙹𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝙹𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚁𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙿𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚡. 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚃𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝙹𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎-𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝙿𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚡'𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜 - 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚒𝚡 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚢! "𝚆𝚑𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎, 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎? 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗?" - 𝙹𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚢
Free copy with every issue of Dead in Hollywood: River Phoenix (issue 4).
The Teens Cream on Halloween
‘The Teens Cream’ River Phoenix collage, 2017
Happy Halloween!
Me standing in front of the “Myers House” from the movie “Halloween.”
Dead in Hollywood: River Phoenix (Issue 4)
In the early hours of Halloween, River Phoenix OD’s outside of the Viper Room on Sunset Blvd. Grab a copy of the zine Dead in Hollywood: River Phoenix HERE.
River Phoenix: Aleka's Attic
Today Dead in Hollywood celebrates the life of River Phoenix who died 25 years ago on Halloween from a drug overdose outside of the Sunset Strip club the Viper Room. Grab a copy of the zine Dead in Hollywood: River Phoenix HERE!
Dead in Hollywood: River Phoenix (issue 4)
In the early hours of Halloween, River Phoenix OD’s outside of the Viper Room on Sunset Blvd. Grab a copy of the zine Dead in Hollywood: River Phoenix HERE.
Postscript: Halloween 1993
The last two pages from Dead in Hollywood: River Phoenix (Issue 4).
25 Years Ago Tonight...
In the early hours of Halloween, River Phoenix OD’s outside of the Viper Room on Sunset Blvd. His 19-year-old brother, Joaquin Phoenix, calls 911…
Dead in Hollywood: River Phoenix (Issue 4)
Grab a copy of the zine Dead in Hollywood: River Phoenix (issue 4).
Deathiversary: River Phoenix (October 31, 1993)
𝟸𝟻 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚁𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙿𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚡 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚋 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗. 𝙷𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚙𝚜𝚎𝚜, 𝚊 𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚒𝚗, 𝚌𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝙷𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝟸𝟹. (𝚆𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚘𝚗 𝙿𝚘𝚜𝚝)
Pick up a copy of the zine Dead in Hollywood: River Phoenix (Issue 4)!
Only Boy in the World (River Phoenix)
River Phoenix. The Only Boy in the World.
River Wild
“I would never, never do anything unless I believed in it.” _River Phoenix
25 years ago...
“I don't want to die in a car accident. When I die it’ll be a glorious day. It’ll probably be a waterfall.” -River Phoenix
Halloween marks the 25th anniversary of River Phoenix’s death. At the age of 23, he od’s on the sidewalk outside of the Viper Room on the Sunset Strip.
"He’s having seizures! Get over here please, please, 'cause he's dying, please." -Joaquin Phoenix’s 911 call
Marlene Dietrich
Die rich.
Hattie McDaniel
Dies on this day in 1952.
