Pat Paterson

The media reported his death as a deliberate suicide, citing distress over his breakup with his girlfriend as the motivation. However, family and friends noted that the pair had indeed separated but had since reconciled. Police reported that inebriation was a prominent factor in party, that there were no reliable witnesses to either the actual incident or Michael Boyer's alleged state of mind in the hours prior to his death, and that Michael's death might have been simply a drunken accident. Charles Boyer was filming in Europe at the time. Neither he nor Paterson ever recovered from their son's death. Read Less