The Harrowing Death of Bob Crane, the Star of Hogan’s Heroes
Bob’s death revealed details of his sex addiction and his struggles as an actor.
In the 1960s, CBS’ popular sitcom, Hogan’s Heroes, ran for 6 seasons and won two Emmys. In a prison camp of WW2, Hogan, a US Air Force pilot, alongside other Allied teammates, would ruin the ventures of a pathetically inept Third Reich. Handsome, talented, and well-reputed, Bob Crane, following his murder, would fascinate and enthrall the public with lurid details of blood, sex addictions, illicit affairs, and pornography.
Struggle With Roles and Secret Affairs With Starlets
After ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ had stopped airing, Crane was having a hard time getting cast in something else of much significance; his show was pulled after a mere 13 weeks on air. His liaisons with plenty of starlets were not public knowledge but did not cease, despite his fruitless ventures to land another successful gig.
He had divorced his first wife, Anne Terzian, and married his co-star, Sigrid Valdis, both of whom had played his character Hogan’s secretary on…
