What year did Bob Crane die and how ?

Question

Hogans Heroes

Answer 1

He was murdered in 1978. You can read about it here: http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/classics/bob_crane/1.html

Answer 2

Birth
13 July 1928
Birthplace
Waterbury, Connecticut
Death
29 June 1978
(bludgeoning)
Best Known As
Star of TV's Hogan's Heroes
On Wednesday, June 28, 1978, after completing an evening performance and signing autographs for fans in the lobby, Crane returned briefly to his apartment with a longtime friend, Los Angeles video equipment salesclerk John Carpenter. Before they left again, Patricia called Bob, and according to Carpenter, the estranged couple argued loudly on the phone. Thereafter, Crane and Carpenter adjourned to a local bar, where they had drinks with two women whom they had arranged to meet. At about 2:00 A.M., the quartet went to the Safari coffee shop on Scottsdale Road. About half an hour later, John Carpenter left to pack for his return trip to Los Angeles the next morning. Back at his hotel room, he called Crane one final time. Crane was allegedly considering ending his lifestyle of heavy partying, and was therefore tired of hangers-on like Carpenter. During this last phone call, Bob reportedly told Carpenter that their friendship was over.

Crane's co-star in Beginner's Luck, Victoria Berry, knocked on Crane's door at Winfield Place Apartments at around 2 in the afternoon of June 29. The door to apartment 132-A was closed, but Berry told police that she found it unlocked. She entered the apartment and found the room dark. She walked into the bedroom: "… At first, I thought it was a girl with long dark hair, because all the blood had turned real dark. I thought, 'Oh, Bob's got a girl here. Now where's Bob?…' I thought, 'Well, she's done something to herself. Bob has gone to get help.' At that time, I recognized blood… it was like a strange feeling."

She took a closer look and realized what she was looking at. "the whole wall was covered from one end to the other with blood. And I just sort of stood there and I was numb. He was curled up in a fetus position, on his side, and he had a cord tied around his neck in a bow." Oddly, Berry is the only one who recalled seeing the cord tied in a bow. The crime scene photos and police reports reveal no bow.

Answer 3

For several years Crane led an increasingly dissolute life which affected his public image and his ability to get steady work. Finally, one late night in 1978, Crane allegedly called Carpenter to tell him that their friendship was over. The following day, he was discovered violently bludgeoned to death with a video camera tripod at the Winfield Place Apartments in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he had been appearing in a dinner theatre production of a play entitled Beginner's Luck at the Windmill Dinner Theatre.

Answer 4

The DVD of "Auto Focus" cover's Bob Crane's carreer in show biz and his unusual tastes (for the time) in sex. The DVD also has a documentary about the murder that explains what is known about the case.

Answer 5

He was found murdered on June 29, 1978 in Scottsdale, Arizona. It still remains a mystery.

Answer 6

He died in the 70's. He died under mysterious circumstances, and it is generally thought to have been murdered, but the case was never solved.

He was a pretty weird guy. His appetite for sex, coupled with his fetishes were pretty legendary. It's generally thought that he had an affair with the wrong guy's wife (i.e. somebody who was powerful to have him offed by professionals.)

Answer 7

I think it was 1979 and wasn't it a drug overdose?I remember hearing about it in the late 70's.

Answer 8

he was bludgeoned to death with a tripod in 1978