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I hope to be excused for going off topic. The fascinating name of Gila Bend jogged my memory. In 1973 the town was host to the movie making industry. The film was called "The Man who loved Cat Dancing". The town got much business.

Burt Reynolds and Lee J. Cobb along with English actress Sarah Miles got along quite well. Her manager, one David Whiting (poor devil), demanded she not go out to local bars and party. There was a row. On returning in the early hours, Whiting was found dead in the shower . The inquest found it to be a drug overdose. Yet Whiting had certainly been assaulted in some way. A man's magazine went to Gila Bend and did their own inquiry. Dark suggestions were floated about the man being beaten, over his possessive attitude to Miles. Miles blamed the publicity for ruining her career. Whiting`s mother tried to re-open the inquest without success. Gila Bend probably glad to rid itself of the Hollywood crew.