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The Rebel Tidbits "He Packed No Star As He Wandered
Far"
Johnny Yuma (Nick Adams) was an ex-Confederate solder who wandered
the West. In his travels he came across people who needed his help which was
freely rendered. He kept journals on his travels, a habit which Adams also
embraced.
Nick Adam's played Johnny Yuma as a brooding, troubled man.
People close to Adam's say he totally identified with the character which
provided Adams with his favorite role.
Which brings us to the strange
death of Nick Adams in 1968. Ruled a suicide by LA coroners, many feel foul
play was involved. Friends Robert Conrad, Forrest Tucker and others were quoted
as saying Adams would not have commited suicide.
He was found sitting
in a chair. The amount of the prescription drug paraldehyde found in his system
is now a matter of debate. This drug when mixed with alcohol and other
sedatives can be lethal. But no delivery method was found near the body. No
glass, needle etc.
Fueling the mystery were the missing momentos. A avid
diarist, Adam's recorder and the reels were never found. Nor was his
typewriter, a cherished gift from James Dean. A miner's hat given by Adam's
father and kept to remind him of his roots also disappeared. And where was his
prized Rebel cap?
We will never know what or who killed him, but Johnny
Yuma won't be soon forgotten.
Passings Nick Adams died in 1968.
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