The book was published in 1972 by Hawthorn Books with paperback editions issued by Pyramid Books. The book includes autobiographical elements of Deans' pre-Garland life and their time together. Life after Judy Garland's death įollowing Garland's death, Deans co-authored Weep No More, My Lady, a biography of Garland written with Ann Pinchot. The coroner's autopsy later determined she died from an accidental overdose of barbiturates. Although many obituaries at the time stated Garland was found on the floor of their bathroom, Deans stated that he found her seated on the toilet. ĭeans discovered Garland dead on the morning of June 22, 1969.
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He envisioned a documentary and a chain of Judy Garland movie theaters. … I don’t know what possessed… well, I know what possessed her because he gave in to her and he fed her all the things she wanted.” Īfter the wedding, Deans tried to turn Garland's finances around. … I mean if she put an advert in a newspaper for the most unsuitable person to take care of her, she wouldn’t have had a better response. Rosalyn Wilder, who worked as a production assistant at Talk of the Town from 1959 to 1979, and who was present at Garland's wedding to Deans, describes Deans as the “dreadful man who became her husband. In her book Me and My Shadows: Living With the Legacy of Judy Garland, Garland's daughter Lorna Luft writes that when her mother married Deans, she was in the final stages of prescription drug addiction and “was dying in front of his eyes.” In particular, Liza Minnelli, Garland's eldest child, did not, saying "I can't make it Mamma but I promise I'll come to your next one!".
Although hundreds of guests were invited to the reception at Quaglino's, only 50 people attended. He was dressed as a doctor, and he gave Garland her “medicine." Īfter three years of intermittent dating, they were married on March 15, 1969, in London. A mutual friend of theirs asked Deans to deliver a package of amphetamines to Garland's room in the St. In 1966, according to Deans' book Weep No More, My Lady, he met the actress and singer Judy Garland at her hotel in New York City. He was working as the manager of the Manhattan discothèque Arthur when he met Judy Garland. He also worked in Los Angeles, Reno, Miami Beach and the Virgin Islands. During the 1950's and 1960's, he appeared at the popular New York City nightspot Jilly's on West 52 St. He was a disco owner, jazz pianist, and drug dealer. He grew up in a musical family, playing the piano and accordion. (Septem– July 11, 2003), known as Mickey Deans, was an American musician and entrepreneur, and the fifth husband and widower of actress and singer Judy Garland.īorn Michael DeVinko in Garfield, New Jersey on September 24, 1934, Deans was the youngest of three children of Mary and Michael DeVinko.
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