Steinburger, Joel
Appeared in Celebrity in Death (October, 2060) and mentioned in Calculated in Death (November, 2060)[1]
Personal Information[]
- Description: Tall, robust man with steely hair and hard black eyes[2]
- Age: ~61[3]
- Hair: Steely
- Eyes: Hard black
- Relationships: Lana (ex-wife #1); Sherri Wendall (ex-wife #2); unnamed ex-wife #3; unnamed wife #4[3]
- Occupation: Owner of Big Bang Productions[4]
- Aliases: B.B. Joel[3]
Personality[]
- Extremely pushy[2]
Homicide Information[]
Pre-book:
- Bryson Kane[3]
- Pushed down a flight of stairs
- Ruled accidental due to the high level of alcohol in his system and all roommates similarly inebriated and sleeping through the fall
- Steinburger was 21 at the time
- Marlin Dressler[3]
- Fell off a cliff
- Ruled accidental - he lost his footing, broke his leg and a couple of ribs, internal bleeding
- ME estimated it took 12 hours to die
- Steinburger was 27 at the time
- Angelica Caulfield[3]
- Died of an overdose
- Ruled accidental, but speculation it was self-termination
- She was pregnant at the time, with rumors that he was the father.
- Steinburger was 30 at the time (July 18, 2029)
- Jacoby Miles[3]
- Beaten to death with a ten-pound dumbbell in his home
- All of his cameras and electronics had been taken
- Ruled as an interrupted robbery
- A B-and-E man was apprehended in the neighborhood a few weeks later and served twenty-five years, despite denying the murder/robbery
- Steinburger and his wife filed for divorce a month after the murder, and he married his second ex-wife two days after the divorce was final
- Steinburger was 34 at the time
- Sherri Wendall[3]
- Drowned
- Ruled accidental drowning due to a fall and alcohol consumption
- Her death was the tragedy and scandal of the Cannes Film Festival that year.
- She and Steinburger were married four tumultuous years, and divorced three before her murder.
- Steinburger was 41 at the time
- Buster Pearlman[3]
- Ingested a terminal cocktail of barbiturates and single malt scotch
- Speculation of embezzlement
- Ruled self-termination
- Steinburger was 46 at the time
- Allys Beaker[3]
- Slipped in the shower
- Found dead in her apartment with a fractured skull
- Her ex-boyfriend claimed she had been seeing an older married man
- A female friend reinforced the story, saying Allys thought he was going to leave his wife and marry her
- Steinburger was 53 at the time
Current:
- K.T. Harris[5]
- Drowned
- A.A. Asner[6]
- Bashed in the head with a replica of the Maltese Falcon
Interesting Facts[]
- Dared to call Eve “honey,” and was lucky that Roarke stepped in to take him away from Eve.[2]
- His first industry job was at Horizon Studios, as an assistant to Dressler’s assistant.[3]
- His first wife was Dressler’s great-granddaughter.[3]
References[]
- ↑ Calculated in Death, Chapter 17
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Celebrity in Death, Chapter 2
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Celebrity in Death, Chapter 17
- ↑ Celebrity in Death, Chapter 1
- ↑ Celebrity in Death, Chapter 3
- ↑ Celebrity in Death, Chapter 13