When American actor George Reeves died of a gunshot wound to the head on June 16th, 1959, an entire generation of children lost a hero. For seven years Reeves had faithfully portrayed the comic book hero Superman on tv, standing up for truth, justice, and the American way. The Los Angeles Police ruled his death a suicide but many people believed otherwise. We provide all the evidence here- circumstantial and factual- and let you decide who killed the man of steel.

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