<P> Back at his LA mansion , John finds Quentin , a magazine writer , swimming half - naked in his swimming pool . She says she would do anything to get an exclusive interview with Esther . When Esther arrives soon after , she finds them in bed together . Quentin tries to interview Esther , but John tells Quentin to get out . Esther and John end up going back to their small home out west where they have been happiest . One morning , John drives to the airport to get Brian . He puts on some of Esther 's songs , drives recklessly , and is killed in an accident . Afterwards , back at the LA mansion , Esther hears John 's voice calling out for someone to answer the phone . But she discovers it 's just a tape of the old songwriting session during which the phone had interrupted his singing . </P>
<P> Back at his LA mansion , John finds Quentin , a magazine writer , swimming half - naked in his swimming pool . She says she would do anything to get an exclusive interview with Esther . When Esther arrives soon after , she finds them in bed together . Quentin tries to interview Esther , but John tells Quentin to get out . Esther and John end up going back to their small home out west where they have been happiest . One morning , John drives to the airport to get Brian . He puts on some of Esther 's songs , drives recklessly , and is killed in an accident . Afterwards , back at the LA mansion , Esther hears John 's voice calling out for someone to answer the phone . But she discovers it 's just a tape of the old songwriting session during which the phone had interrupted his singing . </P>
who died in the original a star is born
who died in the original a star is born
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