In 1989. 21 year old actress Rebecca Schaeffer was enjoying a rapid rise to fame. She was starring in the hit T.V. sitcom My Sister Sam, and landed a role in Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills. Then, tragedy struck. An obsessed fan, Robert John Bardo, shot and killed Schaeffer at her apartment on July 18, 1989. Schaeffer’s murder served as a wake-up call and prompted California to evaluate its privacy and anti-stalking laws.
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