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On October 29, 1934, while a guest in a Cudahy mansion at 1844 N. Vine St. ( now the site of the Vine-Franklin underpass of the Hollywood Freeway ), Tellegen locked himself in the bathroom, then shaved and powdered his face.

Then while standing in front of a full-length mirror, he committed suicide by stabbing himself with a pair of sewing scissors seven times ( supposedly while surrounded by newspaper clippings of his career ), resulting in lurid press coverage.