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Trumbo's disappearance has been widely debated. Theories include: | Trumbo's disappearance has been widely debated. Theories include: | ||
* Trumbo was murdered for political reasons | * Trumbo was murdered (or abducted and secretly imprisoned) for political reasons | ||
* Trumbo faked his own death in order to pursue his goals under a new identity | * Trumbo faked his own death in order to pursue his goals under a new identity | ||
* Trumbo took his own life in such as manner as to pursue his goals from beyond the grave | * Trumbo took his own life in such as manner as to pursue his goals from beyond the grave | ||
Revision as of 10:29, 3 January 2016
James Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – ?), was an investigative journalist and secret crime-fighter.
Trumbo and Alan Turing
Trumbo and Alan Turing were life-long friends.
Trumbo delivered Turing's eulogy, and continued to champion Turing's name until his own disappearance some years later.
Trumbo and C. Wright Mills
Trumbo and C. Wright Mills are widely rumored to have formed a crime-fighting team which secretly took down Murder, Incorporated (nonfiction).
Trumbo and Commissioner Gordon
Trumbo is widely thought to have secretly played the role of Commissioner Gordon (nonfiction) in many classic Batman (nonfiction) stories.
Trumbo and con artists
Disappearance
Trumbo's disappearance has been widely debated. Theories include:
- Trumbo was murdered (or abducted and secretly imprisoned) for political reasons
- Trumbo faked his own death in order to pursue his goals under a new identity
- Trumbo took his own life in such as manner as to pursue his goals from beyond the grave
- Trumbo was not an investigative journalist and secret crime-fighter at all, but a non-fictional man named Dalton Trumbo (nonfiction)