Judy Garland endured a horrific showbiz decline before her death in 1969 — but now shocking new evidence suggests that the doomed diva was murdered! That’s the conclusion of a top private eye who revisited the circumstances surrounding
“The Wizard of Oz” star’s 1969 death. Now the veteran Hollywood investigator — who's asked to remain anonymous — is pointing a finger at Judy’s fifth husband. “Mickey Deans,” he told
The National ENQUIRER, “had the means and the motive to kill Judy!”
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“He was the last one to see her alive,” added the detective, "and the one who found her body! He made her death look like an accidental overdose, and was never suspected. But the evidence indicates it was all a set-up!” Judy, who was 47 when she died on June 22, 1969, had only been married to the nightclub owner for three months at the time of her death. They were living in London, where Judy was performing.
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Judy’s third husband, Sid Luft, wrote in his recently unearthed memoirs that although he knew she was addicted to drugs, he allowed a doctor to prescribe the sedative Seconal to her because she couldn’t sleep. “She would pop those things like candy, so you’d have to watch her,” Sid wrote
in his lost memoirs, which were recently published as “Judy and I: My Life with Judy Garland.”
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“Judy would tell me, ‘Don’t put more than three Seconal by my bed,’” recalled Sid,“and I’m sure she told him, too.” Despite Judy’s attempts to protect herself, Deans left “30 to 40” Seconal pills next to her bed the night she died! The investigator believes he patiently watched as she washed the pills down with alcohol — and then pounced when she passed out! “Judy hardly weighed a thing when she was that age, and so it would have been easy for him to lift her body and carry it to the bathroom,” the P.I. said.
“He placed her on the bathroom toilet, and pushed her head forward and down,” said the investigator — adding: “He knew that in her unconscious state, it would be just a matter of time before she suffocated. To cover his tracks, Deans left the house — and didn’t return until morning. He came back from wherever the hell he’d been, and there was a phone call for Judy. It was the singer/pianist Charlie Cochran calling. Deans saw Judy wasn’t in the bed, so he called to her, but there was no answer.”
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While Sid writes that Deans “discovered” Judy’s lifeless body, the investigator says it’s obvious her death scene was a set-up. Sid,
who physically abused Judy during his own marriage to the tragic star, wrote: “I have to believe that Deans did it purposely.” The investigator believes that he'd discovered a motive for Deans, as well.
The private eye claims that his own research found evidence that Deans, 13 years younger than Judy, had met someone his own age and wanted out of the marriage. The investigator agrees with Sid Luft that Deans, who died in 2003 at age 68, acted deliberately — and Judy did not commit suicide. “She had plenty to live for,” the P.I. says. “She was on a comeback after some really rough years. Deans had already had it with her. I believe he cold-heartedly planned her death, and then calmly walked away!”
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