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Nov 2022

11m 52s

The Stalking of A Celebrity - November ...

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November 6th: Rebecca Schaeffer Born (1967)
The obsession with celebrities is something that has been happening since the dawn of entertainment. While most of these obsessions are relatively harmless, other times they can evolve into something dangerous. On November 6th 1967 a young woman was born who would work hard to climb the ladder of entertainment success only to have her life cut short by a stalker who thought she had lost her innocence and deserved to die for it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Schaeffer, https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/a27116831/rebecca-schaeffer-murder/, https://www.today.com/news/why-actress-rebecca-schaeffer-s-1989-murder-was-hollywood-s-t157444, https://allthatsinteresting.com/rebecca-schaeffer, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sitcom-actress-murdered-death-prompts-anti-stalking-legislation, https://abcnews.go.com/US/rebecca-schaeffers-star-sister-sam-devastated-murder/story?id=62284160

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