Jacque007
Joined: 20 Apr 2010
Posts: 3
Location: Springfield, MO
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| Rawhide error Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:18 pm |
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| When Rawhide ended, Fleming took part in a Doris Day vehicle "The Glass Bottom Boat" where he played a suave spy, and then was signed to star in High Jungle, an MGM adventure film shot in Peru. During the final stages of shooting, Fleming's dugout canoe overturned in the Huallaga River. Actor Nico Minardos managed to swim to safety, but Fleming was swept away by the current and drowned. (He was not devoured by piranhas as rumored, nor was he "eaten by an alligator" (according to the rumour spread by Rawhide director, Ted Post, who detested Fleming. Fleming was 41 when he died. He had planned to marry his long-time companion, Lynn Garber, when the film was completed. His Will left money to his mother, his cousin and a friend but specifically excluded his father from any bequest. |
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