6/16/1959: 50th Anniversary of Superman’s Death

[BaltimoreBob]

June 16th 2009 – 50th Anniversary of Superman’s Death:

My #1 Celebrity Birthday Person for January 5th is
George Reeves (I) (Would have been 95 in 2009) 1914 - Died age 45
Date of Birth 5 January 1914 - Woolstock, Iowa
Date of Death 16 June 1959 - Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA. (suicide)
Birth name: George Keefer Brewer / Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m)

Did you know that he appears in the movies:
Gone with the Wind
From Here to Eternity

Baltimore Bob

 

[YWN666]

I remember seeing him with red hair in GWTW and thinking "It's Superman!". Typecasting seems to have been a big problem for him.

 

[Xenophon]

Ben Aflack did a decent bio pic about him.