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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,587 posts) Wed Jan 5, 2022, 04:08 PM Jan 2022

"Film & TV actor George Reeves was #BornOnThisDay, Jan. 5, 1914. Remembered as #Superman ..."

Film & TV actor George Reeves was #BornOnThisDay, Jan. 5, 1914. Remembered as #Superman in the #1950s TV series Adventures of Superman (1952–'58). Passed in 1959 (age 45) from #suicide (gunshot), or a possibly murder. #RIP #SuicideAwareness #SuicidePrevention #GoneTooSoon #BOTD

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"Film & TV actor George Reeves was #BornOnThisDay, Jan. 5, 1914. Remembered as #Superman ..." (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 OP

The Only(Ever) 'Real' Superman...said: wyn borkins Jan 2022 #1

Kellogg's Corn Flakes Test Footage Commercial at Reeves' home PSPS Jan 2022 #2

I remember when I was a little kid, around 6 or 7... Kittycow Jan 2022 #3

wyn borkins

(1,109 posts)

1. The Only(Ever) 'Real' Superman...said:

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Jan 5, 2022, 04:14 PM

Jan 2022

Link not working properly, but Superman said: "No comment until the time limit is up"

PSPS

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2. Kellogg's Corn Flakes Test Footage Commercial at Reeves' home

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Jan 5, 2022, 04:38 PM

Jan 2022

Kittycow

(2,396 posts)

3. I remember when I was a little kid, around 6 or 7...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Jan 5, 2022, 05:04 PM

Jan 2022

I must have seen something about his death on TV and was upset.

My mother told me he had jumped out a window because he mistakenly thought he could really fly.

So until this very day at age 69, I thought that's what he did.

RIP to my favorite Superman

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