Graeff, Tom
From Astro-Databank
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| Birthname | Thomas Lockyear Graeff | ||||
| born on | 12 September 1929 at 14:13 (= 2:13 PM ) | ||||
| Place | Ray AZ, USA, 33n11, 110w59 | ||||
| Timezone | MST h7w (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   19°36'   10°36 Asc. 02°00'
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Biography
American film director primarily of independent movies, he is perhaps best remembered for the cult film, “Teenagers from Outer Space” released by Warner Brothers in 1959. That same year, the pressures of the industry, financial concerns, and his own fragile mental state contributed to a mental breakdown that included delusions that he was another coming of Jesus Christ, born to save humanity. Graeff, pronounced "Graff" tried to get his life under control, drifting in and out of projects for the next ten years. On December 19, 1970, he committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in a garage in La Mesa, CA.. He was 41.
Events
- Death by Suicide 19 December 1970 (In La Mesa, CA by carbon monoxide poisoning)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1959 ("Teenagers from Outer Space")
- Mental Health : Psychotic episode 1959
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield sends copy of birth certificate, now in Pt's files
Categories
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Director
- Personal : Death : Suicide
- Diagnoses : Psychological : Mental Illness
- Diagnoses : Psychological : Psychotic Episode
