The Mystery of Hollywood's Dead Republican

NY times ^ | 4/26/05 | david halbfinger

[Doctor Stochastic]

ON the morning of Saturday, Feb. 26, a day before the Academy Awards, the actress Carrie Fisher woke up in her Beverly Hills home next to the lifeless body of a gay Republican political operative named R. Gregory Stevens.

Life imitates The Movies.

[Dad yer funny]

yeah ,...a similar fate befell Eric Breindel ,...so sad ,I looked forward to his take on issues

[Guenevere]

#31...She has a child born in 1993--Billie Catherine, and I always thought it Simon's but now I read the little girl is from a union with an agent.....a very rich and well known agent in Hollywood circles.

It wasn't hard to find....just Google.

[Guenevere]

#31..Read on down the very link you gave me...

..It mentions her daughter, Billie, by a man named Bryan Lourdes.

[cloud8]

This story was posted in FR in March, here's the lead from the WP:

R. Gregory Stevens, 42; Colorful GOP Consultant
From Wire Services
Sunday, March 6, 2005; Page C12

Republican media adviser R. Gregory Stevens, 42, died Feb. 26 in a guest room at the Los Angeles home of longtime friend and actress Carrie Fisher.

"woke up in her Beverly Hills home next to the lifeless body" is either incredibly sloppy reporting by the NYT, or there is more to this case to be discovered.

Notice the by-line is March 6, the date of death is Feb. 26. The Post's story says the autopsy found no cause of death, whereas the Slimes says Stevens ODed. Notice also the use of "colorful."