Boozy drug-addled Oscar winner GIG YOUNG blew his new young wife away with a .38 caliber snub nose before killing himself. INSIDE the tragic murder-suicide that shocked Hollywood!
Young was riding high after a lifetime of reaching for super-stardom when he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1968 for “They Shoot Horses Don’t They?” role as Rocky, the dance marathon M.C. Yet, within ten years, in a haze of booze and tranquilizers, and in spite of a hot young wife, the 64 year-old veteran thesp took matters into his own hands – spewing bloody headlines worldwide.
On the afternoon of October 19, 1978 in Young’s luxurious Manhattan apartment, Young pointed a .38 caliber snub-revolver at the back of his new wife Kim Schmidt’s head. He pulled the trigger. She died instantly. Then he stuck the gun in his mouth and sent the fatal bullet blasting through his brain.