since Rebecca Schaeffer was shot. :(

I remember when that happened. It was a real tragedy. She was so young and she had her whole life ahead of her.:(

I still have the People magazine that came out soon after she was murdered, and I also remember it all too well. I loved her on My Sister Sam, and had hoped to see more of her in the coming years. What happened to her is truly tragic and unthinkable. The only silver lining, I suppose, is that a law was put into place because of her death. It's nice to see her in your avatar.. she is missed. :(

I watched My Sister Sam when I was younger. Rebecca was a beautiful woman. It's a shame what happened to her. I'm not certain, but I think the 1st e !true hollywood story ever was about rebecca.

Well, I feel stupid. I don't know who she is or what happened to her. :o

She was a bright and cheery young actress who starred on a show called "My Sister Sam" with Pam Dawber from Mork & Mindy.

I loved the show, she would've had a great future ahead of her if it weren't for the tragedy that ended her life.

I'm sorry, who is she? Who shot her? :(

Originally posted by Jen1989
My understanding is that she was an actress who had an obessed fan who stalked and killed her.

That's all I really know about it too, it was one of the events that made the whole celeb-stalking issue become more public.

So sad- she would have had a great future ahead of her.

She was an actress on an 80's sitcom called "My Sister Sam" and she did some movies. she started getting alot of sick letters from Robert Bardo and he eventually came to see her at her apartment and shot her dead. She was 21 :(

He was found guiltyt of murder and he's in prison for life no parole.

I first started getting interested in this after seeing her E! True Hollywood Story. I never saw "My Sister Sam" but I really want to now.

I remember this well. It was a terrible tragedy. She was so young, and her career was just taking off. I hope that sicko burns in hell. He shot her at close range with a shotgun as she answered her door. Sad story.

She was also on "One Life to Live" in 1985.

I just did a search for her E! True Hollywood Story...and it says it aired in 1991?

Anyway...I was just a month shy of turning 4 when she was murdered...so I don't remember it too well. :( But I think it's a tragedy...Yep, she was way too young and had her whole life ahead of her. :(

has anyone seen the movie MOONLIGHT MILE? it stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Susan Sarandon and Dustin Hoffman. It's about the aftermath of the family (Susan and Dustin as the parents) and fiance (Jake) of a girl who was brutally murdered.

Even tho this movie was set around 1973, it was written and directed by the guy who was engaged to Rebecca Schaeffer. Names and occupations (and it was set in the Nam-era early 70's, as opposed to the flashy late 1980's) were changed, but he based this movie on the aftermath of Rebecca's murder. I don't know much about Rebecca, and I watched the movie because I'm a fan of Jake's, but it was a very touching, sad yet uplifting movie. If you're a fan of Rebecca Shaeffer's, or anyone in the cast, check it out

That's so stupid!! Why would a fan kill someone on TV that they liked?? :confused:
That was mean, too! :(

I looked her up on google.com

She looked so pretty, and she was only about 21 years old :(

Originally posted by FullHouseFan8795
That's so stupid!! Why would a fan kill someone on TV that they liked?? :confused:
That was mean, too! :(

There's really no good reason to kill anybody. But, I think the guy who shot her, Robert Bardo was schizophrenic or something. He also had the same book that Mark David Chapman had in his possession at his arrest. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. For any of those who don't know, Chapman was the guy who assassinated John Lennon, the late former Beatle. :(

Originally posted by Miss Vicki
She was also on "One Life to Live" in 1985.

I just did a search for her E! True Hollywood Story...and it says it aired in 1991?

Anyway...I was just a month shy of turning 4 when she was murdered...so I don't remember it too well. :( But I think it's a tragedy...Yep, she was way too young and had her whole life ahead of her. :(

I believe it was the first E! True Hollywood Story that ever aired. I was 9 when it happened and I don't remember it.

Originally posted by MandieR1980
She was an actress on an 80's sitcom called "My Sister Sam" and she did some movies. she started getting alot of sick letters from Robert Bardo and he eventually came to see her at her apartment and shot her dead. She was 21 :(

He was found guiltyt of murder and he's in prison for life no parole.

I first started getting interested in this after seeing her E! True Hollywood Story. I never saw "My Sister Sam" but I really want to now.

She was only 21? That's awful.


What is with these sickos? I lve you so much I want you dead? That makes absolutely no sense.

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http://www.poeforward.com/mrperfumery/deadgirls/historical/starlets/schaeffer/schaeffer.htm

Originally posted by Jen1989
My understanding is that she was an actress who had an obessed fan who stalked and killed her.

whoever that fan was is a sick person. :mad:

Originally posted by skyhigh25789
whoever that fan was is a sick person. :mad:

Yeah, I agree!

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Rebecca Schaeffer began modeling at the age of 16, going off to New York on her own to begin her career. Four months later, she found herself in Japan, modeling. Eventually, she landed a co-starring role on My Sister Sam (1986), for which she is now best known. In 1989 she also became a spokesperson for Thursday's Child, a charity for at-risk teens.

In April of that same year, having missed a signing due to filming, she reluctantly went to a girls' shelter to sign autographs. "No one will recognize me", she insisted, "or want my autograph," but as it turned out all of them did. In fact, the girls were so in awe that they invited her to the Renaissance Fair in May; Rebecca accepted.

Only two months later, she lay dead on the pavement in front of her new apartment in West Hollywood, having been shot to death by a paranoid schizophrenic fan around her age, Robert John Bardo, who came to her apartment asking for an autograph. She obliged, even though she was busy rehearsing in her apartment for the most important role of her short career. He later said he felt rejected by her because she didn't spend more time with him at her door.

He returned a few minutes later, pressed the buzzer, and when she again opened the door for him, he shot her once in the chest, placing the bullet directly into her heart. Rebecca screamed out, "Why?" then fell backward in the doorway, and was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai hospital within minutes of arriving there by ambulance after the shooting.

The killer fled to Tucson, AZ, and the next morning the previously diagnosed "psychiatric patient" was found walking blindly, appearing to be hoping to be hit and killed by a car or truck on a major highway. He was subsequently arrested, transferred back to Los Angeles, and plea-bargained for a life sentence without the possibility of parole, with a then-young assistant district attorney named Marcia Clark, who later became famous for her failed attempt to convict O.J. Simpson of murder. There was a trial by Judge that lasted a month, because the obsessed fan changed his mind about the plea bargain agreement, and pleaded an 'insanity defense'. He was found guilty, and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

She was buried at Ahavai Sholom Cemetery in Portland.

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The murder of Rebecca Schaeffer triggered sweeping changes across Hollywood in 1989, after it was discovered how the 21-year-old 'My Sister Sam' actress found herself face to face with a stalker-turned-killer in her final moments. ET looks back at the infamous true crime story and the shocking details revealed during the trial of Robert Bardo, sharing never-before-seen interviews and uncovering rare footage captured inside the courtroom. Before Marcia Clark became a household name from O.J. Simpson's legal saga, Los Angeles County's former Deputy District Attorney was the prosecutor assigned to oversee justice for Schaeffer's murder. As she explained to ET, the ensuing police investigation revealed how Bardo obtained Schaeffer's unlisted address through the DMV, a service that quickly became restricted thanks in part to the lobbying efforts of her sitcom co-star, Pam Dawber. In the wake of Schaeffer’s death, California passed the first anti-stalking legislation that’s now present in all 50 states. In 2016, YouTube singer Christina Grimmie's murder by an obsessed fan drew multiple parallels to the aftermath of Schaeffer's death, with both of their stories raising awareness of the dangers that come with living in the public eye.

Rebecca Schaeffer Was Preparing to Audition for Francis Ford Coppola When an Obsessed Fan Killed Her. Inside the Chilling Crime (https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/rebecca-schaeffer-preparing-audition-francis-100000754.html)

Rebecca Schaeffer (https://www.facebook.com/blackwaxcafe/photos/this-day-in-hollywood-july-18-1989-rebecca-schaeffer-american-actress-patti-my-s/1136907288460441/)’s murder (https://www.reddit.com/r/popculturechat/comments/1m37afw/rebecca_schaeffer_november_6_1967_july_18_1989/) changed how stalking was prosecuted in the state of California.