low budget, and marked a low point in Bacon's career, with Keller recalling that he was completely humiliated. Today it remains his best remembered work. Death On September 12, 1943, Bacon was seen driving a car erratically in Santa Monica, California, before running off the road and into the curb. Several witnesses saw him climb out of the car and stagger briefly before collapsing. As they approached he asked them to help him, but he died before he could say anything more. A small puncture wound was found in his back; the weapon had punctured his lung and caused his death. A weapon was never found, though the wound was suggested to be from a stiletto. Keller, who was then five months pregnant, collapsed when she heard of her husband's death. She was inconsolable and was given sedatives by Bacon's brother, a doctor. On September 20, eight days after Bacon's death, Keller went into labor and delivered a stillborn. When he died, Bacon was wearing only a swimsuit, and a wallet and camera were found in his car. Also in his car was a small sweater not belonging to Bacon. Allegedly, the film from the camera was developed and found to contain only one image, that of Bacon, nude and smiling on a beach. The case attracted publicity for a time and remains unsolved. David Bacon was cremated at Cunningham & O'Connor Mortuary in Santa Monica. His cremains were shipped to Massachusetts, where they were interred at Woods Hole Village Cemetery (also known as Church of the Messiah Memorial Garden) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. See also List of unsolved murders References Further reading Howard Hughes, The Untold Story. p. 100, Brown and Broske, DaCapo Press 1996 External links Cape Cod Confidential - The Death of David Bacon Who Killed The Masked Marvel 1914 births 1943 deaths 20th-century American male actors American male film actors American male stage actors Burials in Massachusetts Deaths by stabbing in California Deerfield Academy alumni American gay actors Harvard University alumni LGBT people from Massachusetts Male actors from Massachusetts People from Barnstable, Massachusetts People murdered in California Unsolved murders in the United States Road incident deaths in California 20th-century LGBT people