Scribblings from the Mitchy Side

I was browsing imdb the other night, amusing myself by looking up old TV shows I used to watch and seeing what the actors were doing now (if known). A memory of a tacky US show surfaced but all I could remember of it was that both my Mum and I had to stop watching after we learned the gorgeous actor playing one of the lead roles was killed in a freak accident on set during filming of the last episode. I couldn't remember the guy's name, the name of the show or any of his co-stars.

Well today, I decided to idly google "actors killed on set during filming" and I've spent the last 4 hours getting reading all sorts of trivia. First of all I found a list of accidents that have happened during filming. This lead me to a page of how famous people have died unusual deaths (not gruesomely described, I'm happy to say). This, in turn, led me to looking for information on Edward Despard, who was executed in 1803 for the attempted assassination of George III (he holds the dubious distinction of being the last man to be hung, drawn and quartered, which is why I looked him up as I had no idea that punishment was still on the books in the 19th century). This lead me to Last Words before Execution, Last Letters and then Famous Last Words. And on the last page, I found the actor and the show I originally started looking for! Hee!!! (It was Jon-Erik Hexum and the show was called Cover Up).

I know it's all a bit macabre, but it's trivia! I love trivia! And the way, on the internet, finding one thing leads to another and then another and then back again :) I'm now reading "Little Known Lasts"" :)

Ah loves the Internet :)