Drop Dead
After a celebration at the Trocadero nightclub, Healy got into a dispute with three “unidentified” men (some sources state they were Wallace Beery, Pat DiCicco, and an unknown assailant believed to be Albert R. Broccoli) which led to Healy’s brutal beating in the club’s parking lot. Succumbing to convulsions, Healy died a day after the attack with autopsy reports stating his death was due to either a heart attack or inflamed kidneys from “chronic alcoholism” and not from injuries sustained in the assault. Some believe the conflicting medical reports and short police investigation were movie mogul Louis B. Meyer’s attempts to protect his prized star Beery from scandal and public suspicion.