February 3 The final season episodes of the Adventures of Superman began airing in Los Angeles with "The Last Knight."
June 29 "Superman's Looking For A Place To Land" appeared in the New York Post.
August 24 Milwaukee Journal: "Grounding Superman."
September 14 Pittsburgh Press: "Superman In The Backyard."
October 15 John Hamilton died of a heart attack. Hamilton lived alone in an apartment building in Los Angeles. Jack Larson remembers that he had a son, but no one connected with Superman has heard from him since the day of Hamilton's funeral.
October 17 Funeral services were held for John Hamilton.


1959
January 22 The Los Angeles Herald reported that Sam, George Reeves' Schnauzer, was stolen from a car at 1627 Vine St. Sam was under medical care for the loss of an eye in an auto accident. Anyone with news of the dog was urged to call Oldfield 4-8000.
March 29 George Reeves made his final public appearance when he rode (as himself) in the Beverly Hills Easter Parade.
April 8 George Reeves was involved in an automobile accident and suffered a mild concussion and gash on his forehead. The accident occurred at Benedict Canyon Drive near Easton Street. He was taken to Cedars of Lebanon Hospital (now Cedars-Sinai Hospital).
April 28 It was reported that the romance between George Reeves and Lenore Lemmon was called off. A conflicting report appeared on May 20, 1959.
May 20 Scripts for a Fall, 1959 season of the Adventures of Superman are being prepared. There is some controversy over whether or not Whit had the go-ahead for a 7th season, however. When I visited with Whit in 1980, he told me there were no plans to continue. Whit's margin notes in Gary Grossman's book indicate the same thought. Jack Liebowitz, in a conversation with Pat Ellsworth Wilson, concurs. Yet Michael Hayde has gathered together some circumstantial evidence to the contrary:

The newspaper report "Superman Loses His Dog" includes the address at ZIV;
In May, 1959, George Reeves told UPI reporter Henry Gris that he had been approached about doing 26 new episodes;
In June, 1959, Art Weissman told the press (after George's death) that he (Reeves) had planned to do another season;
In July, 1959, Mort Weisinger approached Jack Larson with the idea of doing 13 episodes of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen because, in Larson's words, "Kellogg's had already put up the money to do these shows;
Noel Neill and Bob Shayne both reported that another season was in the works. Noel even wrote that a character actor had been hired to play the part of Perry White's brother while Perry was on an extended vacation. (John Hamilton died in October, 1958.)
UPI reported in "Superman Takes A Bride" that George Reeves would soon marry Lenore Lemmon.

June 16 In the early morning hours, George Reeves died in his home at 1579 Benedict Canyon Drive in Beverly Hills, California.

February 3 The final season episodes of the Adventures of Superman began airing in Los Angeles with "The Last Knight."
June 29 "Superman's Looking For A Place To Land" appeared in the New York Post.
August 24 Milwaukee Journal: "Grounding Superman."
September 14 Pittsburgh Press: "Superman In The Backyard."
October 15 John Hamilton died of a heart attack. Hamilton lived alone in an apartment building in Los Angeles. Jack Larson remembers that he had a son, but no one connected with Superman has heard from him since the day of Hamilton's funeral.
October 17 Funeral services were held for John Hamilton.


1959
January 22 The Los Angeles Herald reported that Sam, George Reeves' Schnauzer, was stolen from a car at 1627 Vine St. Sam was under medical care for the loss of an eye in an auto accident. Anyone with news of the dog was urged to call Oldfield 4-8000.
March 29 George Reeves made his final public appearance when he rode (as himself) in the Beverly Hills Easter Parade.
April 8 George Reeves was involved in an automobile accident and suffered a mild concussion and gash on his forehead. The accident occurred at Benedict Canyon Drive near Easton Street. He was taken to Cedars of Lebanon Hospital (now Cedars-Sinai Hospital).
April 28 It was reported that the romance between George Reeves and Lenore Lemmon was called off. A conflicting report appeared on May 20, 1959.
May 20 Scripts for a Fall, 1959 season of the Adventures of Superman are being prepared. There is some controversy over whether or not Whit had the go-ahead for a 7th season, however. When I visited with Whit in 1980, he told me there were no plans to continue. Whit's margin notes in Gary Grossman's book indicate the same thought. Jack Liebowitz, in a conversation with Pat Ellsworth Wilson, concurs. Yet Michael Hayde has gathered together some circumstantial evidence to the contrary:

The newspaper report "Superman Loses His Dog" includes the address at ZIV;
In May, 1959, George Reeves told UPI reporter Henry Gris that he had been approached about doing 26 new episodes;
In June, 1959, Art Weissman told the press (after George's death) that he (Reeves) had planned to do another season;
In July, 1959, Mort Weisinger approached Jack Larson with the idea of doing 13 episodes of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen because, in Larson's words, "Kellogg's had already put up the money to do these shows;
Noel Neill and Bob Shayne both reported that another season was in the works. Noel even wrote that a character actor had been hired to play the part of Perry White's brother while Perry was on an extended vacation. (John Hamilton died in October, 1958.)
UPI reported in "Superman Takes A Bride" that George Reeves would soon marry Lenore Lemmon.

June 16 In the early morning hours, George Reeves died in his home at 1579 Benedict Canyon Drive in Beverly Hills, California.

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