Behind-The-Scenes of the Poltergeist Curse

Cast Members Who Were Murdered

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Dominique Dunne (Dana Freeling) was strangled by her former boyfriend in the driveway of her West Hollywood home on October 30, 1982 and, having been declared brain dead, died five days later at the age of 22.

Lou Perryman (Pugsley) was killed with an axe by a 26-year-old man named Seth Christopher Tatum in Austin, Texas on April 1, 2009. He was 67 years old at the time of his murder.

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Both O’Rourke and Dunne are buried in the same cemetery: Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles. R.I.P.

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