As much as I knew about Mr. Navarro is as much as I didn’t and I thank you for giving me much of what I didn’t know. The question was, why? This is exactly the kind of story I find most mysterious and fascinating. Author: Randall Ivey. Even in Los Angeles, editors clung to their convictions about which news items deserved our attention. Both were later re-arrested for unrelated crimes for which they served longer prison terms than for the murder of Novarro. It was a black phallus-shaped ornament, engraved with Valentino’s name. I did , however, learn of his horrible death, years later. You’ve clearly followed the research. Novarro died as a result of asphyxiation, having choked to death on his own blood after being beaten. Jay, thanks for leaving the info. I always enjoy watching his silent movies on TCM along with all the others. When he was discovered he was naked and lying on his bed. Was she included in family lore? Attending to details so that the bigger picture can emerge. Although the jury is still out on the question of Valentino’s sexuality- and we’ll probably never know –  thefact remains that, most likely as a joke, he gave Ramon a rather curious gift. The older brother was picked up by police a week after Novarro’s body had been discovered by his ‘male secretary’ due to what the police referred to as ‘physical evidence’. Novarro insisted that he had no money on him. To elude his mobs of fans, he took to traveling incognito, donning a fake mustache and beard. Mayo, Mike // American Murder;2008, p110 . Was it as your story touched on, the money issue and discovering he had none, they became so enraged they killed him? Ramón became a worldwide star after “Ben-Hur” won wide release in 1926, and he continued to play leading roles well into the era of sound. In 1923 he was hired by action director Fred Niblo to star in “Thy Name Is Woman” opposite hot-blooded siren Barbara La Marr. Paul Ferguson received a 60-year sentence for rape in Missouri. Novarro's murder served as the basis for the short story by Charles Bukowski called "The Murder of Ramon Vasquez", as well as for the song "Tango," by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, recorded by Peggy Lee on her Mirrors album. It was a black phallus-shaped ornament, engraved with Valentino’s name. I will be looking for his obit (hopefully soon ) to put an end to that horrific story. As I remember, Dolores Del Rio and Ramon were cousins. The older brother had been in the Los Angeles area for about five months and his younger brother had joined him just three weeks before the murder. But the part of Judah Ben-Hur was given to an actor named George Walsh, brother of writer-director Raoul Walsh. [4] At the time of the Mexican Revolution, the family moved from Durango to Mexico City and then returned to Durango. It is still a shock to me now , something that seems to involuntarily enter my mind whenvever I see one of his films. The calendar may turn a page, but crime is a continuum. He entered films in 1917, in bit parts. At the peak of his success in the late 1920s and early 1930s, Novarro was earning more than US$100,000 per film. I am a big fan of his. That’s when I started to take an interest in his story. You have to wonder what caused the murder? Audiences only wanted to see him as Judah Ben-Hur, however. At one time, he was incredibly famous. The murder. He appeared with Norma Shearer in The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) and with Joan Crawford in Across to Singapore (1928). He knew his popularity stemmed mainly from his movies, and that was just one of the gaps in his life between what he hoped to be and what he truly was. When asked by Nichols what was wrong, Paul Ferguson replied, “Tom hit Ramón . Paul Ferguson is currently serving a 60-year sentence for rape in Missouri.[24]. But by 1968 he was a rather lonely old man. What a shame. The play combined fact and fiction to depict Ramon Novarro's rise to fame and his relationship with Hollywood journalist Herbert Howe. So the upstart MGM groomed the former José Ramón Gil Samaniegos to be their version of the “Latin lover.” Ironically, when he wasn’t being cast as Greeks or Arabs, he played everything from a South Sea islander in “Where the Pavement Ends” to the dashing Continental swordsmen of  “Scaramouche” and “The Prisoner of Zenda.”. Paul and Tom Ferguson were brothers from Chicago. He was a dancer in the beginning, and he sincerely hoped for a careeer as a singer. Many Samaniegos had prominent positions in the affairs of state and were held in high esteem by the president. has 25 feet of this film, 2 episodes "Silver Service" & "Finest Hour", Episode: "A Joyful Noise", (final appearance), This page was last edited on 28 October 2020, at 05:45. So the story of Ramón Novarro’s bludgeoned body being found inside his Laurel Canyon home blazed across page one for just a single day, then jumped to the back pages. [10] His life-long struggle with alcoholism is often traced to these problems. Of his acting and of his life. So thank you Mr. Harding. Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars. In 2015, the murder of Ramon Novarro was covered in the television series Aquarius in the episode "Cease to Resist". Posted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s | Tagged Cunningham & O'Connor Mortuary, Lt Jerry Lauritzen, Paul Ferguson, Ramon Novarro, Thomas Ferguson | 2 Replies Death of a Latin Lover, Part 1.

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