William Desmond Taylor

William Desmond Taylor (born William Cunningham Deane-Tanner April 26, 1872 in Carlow, Ireland ? February 1, 1922 in Los Angeles) was a successful US film director and a popular figure in the growing Hollywood film colony of the 1910s and early 20s. He was the victim of a murder that remains officially unsolved.

Murder

On the morning of February 1, 1922 his body was found inside his bungalow in the Westlake Park area of downtown Los Angeles, California, which was then known as a trendy and affluent neighbourhood. A crowd gathered inside and someone identifying himself as a doctor stepped forward, made a cursory examination of the body, declared the victim had died of a heart attack and was never seen again. Sometime later doubts arose, the body was rolled over and it was discovered the 49 year old film director had been shot in the back. $5000 in cash Taylor had shown to his accountant the day before was missing and never accounted for.

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Westlake Park - Los Angeles, California

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