13 Facts About Mickey Deans

Mickey Deans had a varied career as a disco owner, jazz pianist, and drug dealer.

Mickey Deans found Garland dead from an accidental overdose of barbiturates on June 22,1969.

Mickey Deans bought and remodeled Franklin Castle in Cleveland, Ohio, before relocating to Northfield Center, Ohio, where he lived until his death from congestive heart failure.

Mickey Deans grew up in a musical family, playing the piano and accordion.

Mickey Deans was a disco owner, jazz pianist, and drug dealer.

Mickey Deans was working as the manager of the Manhattan discotheque Arthur when he met Judy Garland.

Mickey Deans envisioned a documentary and a chain of Judy Garland movie theaters.

Mickey Deans discovered Garland dead on the morning of June 22,1969.

Mickey Deans insisted at stopping at a Manhattan office and it became clear to Lorna that he was striking his book deal only hours after her mother's funeral service.

Mickey Deans was later suspected in the 1983 murder of his boss, Roy Radin.

Mickey Deans relocated to Northfield Center, Ohio, for personal reasons in the late 1980s.

Mickey Deans died in Northfield Center, Ohio, on July 11,2003, from congestive heart failure, he was 68.

Mickey Deans was expected to be buried next to Judy Garland at Ferncliff Cemetery but he was cremated and his ashes were sent to an unidentified man in Florida.