Excerpt from A HOLLYWOOD DRAMA...IN TWO ACTS
Photo Screen, April 1972
Pete Duel took his own life the night before Christmas, 1971. [sic] No one, not even Diana Ray, the woman who loved him and who shared his last night of life with him, would ever know what finally drove the 31 year old actor (star of ABC's Alias Smith and Jones series as well as many other TV features) to that final moment. Whatever life was for Pete, it was not worth living--anymore.
 
Photo Caption: Pete Duel seemed happier than ever just before he took his life. Diana Ray, his long time friend, told her family that she was hoping they'd marry soon.
 
The "second act" in this short article is an unrelated discussion of Rosemary Stack's recovery from an auto accident.

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