In the early days of Hollywood an Irish immigrant made a name for himself in front of and behind the camera, but who wanted William Desmond Taylor dead and how did they get away with it?

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Thank you LA Times, the San Franciso Bulletin, Patch.com, AllThatsInterseting, FindAGrave, IMDB, BeforeThe101.com, EyesOfAGeneration.com; the Biografix, Justin Root, The Take and Buzzfeed youtube channels as well as Wikipedia for information contributing to today’s story.

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Do you have any comments, or a case you’d like to suggest? You’ll find a comment form and case submission link at LordanArts.com.

This is not intended to act as a means of proving or disproving anything related to the investigation.  It is a conversation about the current known facts and theories being discussed.  Everyone directly or indirectly referred to is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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