Who killed TVs Superman?
by Billy Ingram Almost every kid who grew up in the 1960s heard a story of how George Reeves died. Depending on which version you heard, TV’s Superman, thinking he was the character he portrayed (or despondent over being typecast), jumped off a building to see if he really could fly (or put a gun to his head and shot himself). The coroner’s report officially ruled the death a suicide, stating that the star was killed by a single gunshot to the head in the early morning hours of June 16, 1959. Truth is, we may never know the whole story; intrigue and confusion cloud the issue to this day. Many people who have taken a hard look at the case agree that murder, not suicide, was a much more likely scenario. George Reeves was a moderately successful film actor in 1951 when he accepted the role of Superman in the feature film Superman and the Mole Men. A television series underwritten by Kellogg’s for first-run syndication was put into production with the same cast just a few days after filmin
