On June 15, 1965, actor Steve Cochran died while on board his schooner in the Pacific Ocean. Three young women aboard his ship were left helpless at sea in a boat they were not qualified to sail, accompanied by a dead body, for another six long days before being rescued by the authorities.
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It was eventually determined that Cochran died of natural causes, but the sudden and peculiar circumstances of his death remain a Hollywood mystery.
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