Max Baer Jr. is most commonly known as Jethro Bodine from The Beverly Hillbillies, but whatever happened to this legend after the show?
This is Max Baer Jr today, age 84.
Comedy show TheBeverlyHillbillies followed the story of the Clampett family, with Jed Clampett, played by Buddy Ebsen, who found himself accumulating wealth extremely fast.
Jed became a millionaire overnight, deciding to move to Beverly Hills, California. The crux of the story? The family maintained their hillbilly way of life.
Max Baer Jr – relationships
Following several relationships, he dated Chere Rhodes, a 30-year-old model from California. Their relationship continued until a tragedy happened in January of 2008 in Carson City, Nevada. Chere was shot in the chest, and following a police investigation, the death was labeled as suicide.
Three months after her death, Baer Jr. opened up about the incident and revealed that there was blood everywhere and that he was horrified when he discovered her.
The famous actor also claimed that officers performed a paraffin test on him ”to make sure I didn’t shoot her”.
Max Baer Jr had to fight his way into the Hollywood spotlight. In 1963, he spoke about his future, a quote that truly showed what he went through in the years that followed.
“We Baers never wound up exactly the way we hoped we would. My grandfather always wanted to be a prize fighter, but he became a butcher. He did win a slaughtering championship once,” Baer said according to Closer. “Dad had hoped to become an actor and, as everyone knows, he became a boxer. I wanted to be a lawyer and here I am acting. The show has done a lot for my career. The exposure will help insure work for me in the future, too. And someday I hope to prove I can play something besides a hillbilly.”
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