Gig Young was the handsome Hollywood actor known for starring alongside such legends as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, and Elizabeth Taylor, his roles on Broadway, a classic episode of The Twilight Zone and winning an Oscar for the feature film, “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?”
He was also known for his alcoholism and his many marriages, including a troubled union with Bewitched star, Elizabeth Montgomery.
And then, three weeks after marrying his fifth wife, Kim Schmidt, the newlyweds were dead.
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Photo caption (L-R): Gig Young in a publicity photo for the film, Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (Photo credit: Wikipedia), Gig with third wife, Bewitched actress, Elizabeth Montgomery (Photo credit: Citizen Screen/Tumblr); Gig in a scene from the classic and acclaimed Twilight Zone episode, Walking Distance, considered one of Rod Serling's favorite's (Photo credit: KaroushGazi/YouTube); Gig with fourth wife, Elaine and his only child, daughter, Jennifer (Photo credit: Facebook/Tragic Hollywood, Beautiful, Glamourous and Dead); Gig in a scene from the feature film, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, which won him an Oscar (Photo credit: Movies a la Mark)
Photo caption: (L-R) Gig with his Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his turn in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Photo credit: Pinterest); Kim Schmidt, Gig's fifth wife. The couple met on the set of Bruce Lee's final film, Game of Death (Photo credit: IMDB); Gig and Kim were only married three weeks (Photo credit: Listal); The Osborne, the Manhattan apartment building where Gig and Kim lived and their bodies were found (Photo credit: Wikipedia); Newspaper article about Gig and Kim's deaths (Photo credit: Newspapers.com)
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