One hundred years ago, Labor Day 1921, silent movie star and comedian Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle is in San Francisco with his buddies for a weekend holiday. Partying ensued. Alcohol flowed. And women joined in the mayhem. But when the Labor Day holiday was over, a twenty-six-year-old starlet named Virginia Rappe is dead—seemingly suffering injuries while in Roscoe’s room at the St. Francis Hotel. Regardless of his guilt or innocence, he would ultimately pay the price in scandal and cancel culture. This is the death of Virginia Rappe, and the Skinny on Hollywood Star, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle.
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Where we got our info, so that you, too, can travel down a rabbit hole:
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Rappe
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Arbuckle
Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-skinny-on-the-fatty-arbuckle-trial-131228859/
BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-14640719
History.com https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/silent-film-star-arrested-for-murder
All things Interesting https://allthatsinteresting.com/virginia-rappe-fatty-arbuckle
Heather Monroe at Medium.com https://heathermonroe.medium.com/the-death-of-virginia-rappe-504f62652710