Show Business Homicides

An Encyclopedia, 1908-2009
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4766-7603-6
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 420 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 790 g

A companion volume to the author’s Suicide in the Entertainment Industry: An Encyclopedia of 840 Twentieth Century Cases (2002), this reference work chronicles 298 cases of what can be broadly defined as “celebrity” homicides from the early twentieth century onward. Cases are drawn from the realms of film, theatre, music, dance and other entertainment fields. In each instance, the person was either the actual or suspected perpetrator or the victim of a murder. Included are entries on such well-known personalities as film comedian Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, actress Sharon Tate, music producer Phil Spector, rap artist Notorious B.I.G., and superstar Michael Jackson. Each entry covers the crime, its legal disposition, and the subject’s personal and professional background, comprehensively documented with notes and a separate bibliography.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frasier, David K.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Allgemeine Lexika
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Acknowledgments vii
- Foreword by Jimmy McDonough 1
- Preface 3
- The Cases 5
- Appendix 1: Narcocorridos 355
- Appendix 2: Occupations 359
- Bibliography 369
- Index 375

Über Autor(innen)

David K. Frasier is a reference librarian at the Lilly Library at Indiana University–Bloomington. He is the author of several books.