Image / Ray Hays at the trial concerning Thelma Todd's death, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Ray Hays at the trial concerning Thelma Todd's death, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: January 2, 1936
1936-01-02
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Ray Hays was the business manager for actress Thelma Todd, who was found dead on December 16, 1935. Her death was initially ruled a suicide but evidence of foul play ignited a deeper investigation conducted by a grand jury. Hays was one of the executors of her will, entrusted with managing her estate. Todd's death was ruled as "accidental with possible suicide tendencies."
Ray Hays stands against a marble wall, holding his hat and cigarette in one hand.
Handwritten on negative: Ray Hays 1-2-36
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13465
ark:/21198/zz002hnp0g
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Trials--California--Los Angeles
Hays, Ray, 1891-1951
Todd, Thelma, 1905-1935
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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