Old Hollywood: He is now buried in California

This back in the day A+ list mostly movie actor was the highest paid actor in the world. As he got older, he lost all his money and his estate didn't have enough money to bury him next to his family, so he is now buried in California.

It wasn’t acting

A number of decades ago, a film ("Deliverance") was being shot that would ultimately go on to become a classic albeit a dark one. It was based on a novel by an award winning writer (James Dickey). There were four actors in the film - It could be considered an ensemble piece. The actors were:

With the help of our actor and the police, the death was ruled a suicide.

Back in the day this actor was A++ list. He is still alive and still permanently A list. When this particular event happened, he was just getting to A list. Anyway, he was making one of the least memorable movies of his career. His co-star was a foreign born actress who is alive and an Academy Award winner/nominee was fending off a rape from a man she knew well and accidentally killed him. With the help of our actor and the police, the death was ruled a suicide.