Rhea Robinson, the mother of a socialite whose death was dramatized in the Tommy Thompson best seller ''Blood and Money,'' died in a hospital here Sunday. She was 86 years old.
Mrs. Robinson's husband was the Houston oilman Davis Ashton Robinson. Their daughter, Joan Robinson Hill, died of an unidentified infection at the age of 38 in March 1969, and her husband, Dr. John Hill, a plastic surgeon, was charged with murdering her by withholding medical care. In September 1972, while awaiting his second trial on those charges - the first had ended in a mistrial - Dr. Hill was shot to death at his Houston home.
In a civil suit filed by Dr. Hill's third wife, his mother and a son of his, Mr. Robinson was accused of hiring the killers as a way of avenging his daughter's death. A jury declined to award damages.
Mr. Robinson died in 1985.
Please see beginning of this topic. The Kirby adress is listed, we were just commenting on the films use of another location for shots of the real house. The original home is still there on Kirby. Lets not get confused sorry, scusi mi'.
Lets try to find out how to get the movie. Worth seeing.
The Murder Of Joan Robinson Hill
in Historic Houston
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From today's New York Times 3/22/08:
Rhea Robinson, the mother of a socialite whose death was dramatized in the Tommy Thompson best seller ''Blood and Money,'' died in a hospital here Sunday. She was 86 years old.
Mrs. Robinson's husband was the Houston oilman Davis Ashton Robinson. Their daughter, Joan Robinson Hill, died of an unidentified infection at the age of 38 in March 1969, and her husband, Dr. John Hill, a plastic surgeon, was charged with murdering her by withholding medical care. In September 1972, while awaiting his second trial on those charges - the first had ended in a mistrial - Dr. Hill was shot to death at his Houston home.
In a civil suit filed by Dr. Hill's third wife, his mother and a son of his, Mr. Robinson was accused of hiring the killers as a way of avenging his daughter's death. A jury declined to award damages.
Mr. Robinson died in 1985.