Deans was known to keep company with rough individuals and as a result was subject to inquiry for the infamous Cotton Club murder of his boss, movie producer Roy Radin.
In April 1980, actress Melonie Haller claimed that she had been beaten and raped during a party hosted by Radin.
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He was probably best known for his attempts to help finance the film The Cotton Club, and the subsequent victim of a murder-for-hire at age 33.
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