Scandalous Life of Late Producer Don Simpson to Be Explored in New Podcast The Don
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The new 24-part audio series from iHeartRadio will be hosted by Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri star Malaya Rivera Drew and revolve around the life and death of the Top Gun filmmaker. May 10, 2021
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The life and death of Top Gun and Beverly Hills Cop filmmaker Don Simpson, whose corpse was pronounced the most toxic in California autopsy history, are the subject of an explosive new podcast.
Half of production powerhouse Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Don worked on a series of 1980s and early 1990s blockbusters with his partner, Jerry, before his shocking overdose death in 1996. And when chiefs at the medical examiner s office checked his cause of death, they found more than 22 different pharmaceuticals in his system.
The Don: Epic podcast chronicling super producer Don Simpson coming May 11th
May 7, 2021 by:
American Gigolo, Flashdance, Beverly Hills Cop, and
Top Gun, is coming to iHeartRadio. Hosting the 24-episode series, titled
The Don, is Malaya Drew (
The L Word,
Snatch producer David Harris Kline.
If you re at all familiar with the life and times of Don Simpson, you ll know that the circumstances circling his fatal overdose continue to fascinate film fans to this very day. When
The Don launches on
May 11, it will take a hard look at the tawdry drug dealers, Hollywood madams, and dubious doctors who may have played a part in his demise. The series will launch with a full six episodes to give listeners a clear picture of the show s trajectory. The podcast will use narration, clips, and fictional re-enactments via “lost tapes” to take listeners behind the scenes into the 1980s.