This is another installment of How A Black Man Died of Old Age. I am taking you through the tumultuous history of Harry Belafonte, Hollywood, and his politics. If you want more info about the legend, I recommend his memoir: My Song; here is the link,

My Song a book by Harry Belafonte and Michael Shnayerson - Bookshop.org US

In this episode, I talk about 20th Century screen icon, Joan Crawford and her turbulent time in Hollywood as well as her contentious relationship with her daughter Christina Crawford.

Here is a link, if you are interested in the book:

https://bookshop.org/a/83281/9781496846518

In this episode, I talk about Ray Gordy Singleton and her tumultuous relationships with Berry Gordy and Diana Ross.

In this episode, I talk about Hollywood superstar Zsa Zsa Gabor and her nine husbands and her headline making and page-turning love life.

This is an intro to the completed series about real-life Hollywood stars, from the Golden Age, who had love lives akin to that of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

For more info about the novel, click the link below:

https://bookshop.org/a/83281/9781501161933

In this episode, I talk about actress Joan Collins and the many receipts of bad marriages and affairs before she met the love of her life.

For more info about the biography, click the link below:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/275324436992?chn=ps&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A1Z7VXLT9OSbGzLe4WZAFtTQ33&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-213727-13078-0&mkcid=2&itemid=275324436992&targetid=4580909053911840&device=c&mktype=&googleloc=&poi=&campaignid=603247654&mkgroupid=1236951625700523&rlsatarget=pla-4580909053911840&abcId=9316139&merchantid=51291&msclkid=d2142ae22ab91c0c48944dff732220c7

This book is mostly unavailable every where else, sorry.

Princess Merle was an actress known for Wuthering Heights but off screen she made front page news with her love life antics.

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/princess-merle-the-romantic-life-of-merle-oberon_charles-higham_roy-moseley/344685/?resultid=505059f9-4144-49cc-8165-d47216c53c08#edition=2415436&idiq=4207475

In this episode, I talk about rapper Eve's new memoir, Who's That Girl and how she erases a female rap star from Hip Hop history.

In this episode, I talk about Old Hollywood screen darling, Hedy Lamarr and her failed marriages and romances. I reference the biography, Beautiful: The Life of Hedy Lamarr by Stephen Michael Shearer and Robert Osborne.