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The Director Who Vanished From the 13th Tee of a California Golf Course
SFGate ^ | April 10, 2024 | Andrew Chamings

Posted on 04/12/2024 4:12:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Greg Howells' wife told SFGATE she believes the playwright staged his own death

On a summer evening in 1997, a theater director headed out to hit a twilight round of golf in Carmel Valley, the wealthy oceanside town on California’s Central Coast. There was a gentle breeze rustling the oak trees and tall grass that evening, the sea air a mild 60 degrees.

Greg Howells played 12 holes and was never seen again. His cart was found on the 13th tee, with no balls remaining in his bag and some clubs thrown down on the grass. A script of Howell’s unproduced play, “Lazarus,” a comedic take on the biblical story of the man who was raised from the dead, was found in his car, abandoned in the golf course parking lot.

Howell’s disappearance led to much speculation. Some said the 42-year-old playwright was the target of a mob hit; maybe he escaped to Mexico, or was mauled on the fairway by a mountain lion. Perhaps he took his own life after receiving his sixth rejection letter from agents in Hollywood. His wife, comedian and actor Sherry Glaser, still believes that the director staged his own death.

“He had this master plan he’d been making for years, that he crafted just brilliantly,” Glaser told SFGATE. “A plan I would never, ever figure out.”

Glaser moved to California from Long Island as a teen to pursue a life in theater. In 1985, while working out her act at an improv theater in San Diego, she met a handsome law student named Greg at one of her shows. Howells had moved west from Ohio, where he had been an MVP tennis player and a keen high school athlete.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: andrewchamings; california; carmelvalley; greghowells; lazarus; longisland; ohio; sandiego; sherryglaser

1 posted on 04/12/2024 4:12:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Was OJ present?


2 posted on 04/12/2024 4:20:25 PM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: nickcarraway

Was this found in the bushes?


3 posted on 04/12/2024 4:26:39 PM PDT by Songcraft ( )
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To: Hyman Roth

He wasn’t married to OJ, and he wasn’t a helpful waiter, so I think it wasn’t OJ.


4 posted on 04/12/2024 4:30:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway; null and void; dfwgator; max americana

(His cart was found on the 13th tee, with no balls remaining in his bag and some clubs thrown down on the grass.)

13th tee? ⛳

Well, there you have it.

Alien abduction. Black oil. Colonization has begun.

The Price is Wrong, Bobby!


5 posted on 04/12/2024 4:40:33 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Wouldn’t it be painful to have no balls in your bag?


6 posted on 04/12/2024 4:56:05 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: nickcarraway

Playing golf with Jimmy Hoffa.

Both will return, smiling, at the same age as when they disappeared.

Director thinks Seinfeld, Friends, Frasier and the X Files are still on first run TV.

Hoffa will be humming the hits Please,Mister, Please by Olivia Newton John and Love Will Keep Us Together by the Captain & Tennille.


7 posted on 04/12/2024 5:16:52 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: Paladin2
Wouldn’t it be painful to have no balls in your bag?

Ask any senator or congress member with an (R) after their name...

8 posted on 04/12/2024 5:27:03 PM PDT by null and void (There’s only one thing that’s for sure. Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you)
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To: Paladin2

I’m more worried about Kramer golfing 🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️🏌️⛳⛳⛳ on the beach ⛱️🏖️⛱️🏖️

Is anyone here a Marine Biologist?


9 posted on 04/12/2024 5:27:37 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: nickcarraway
Sometimes the reason is right in front of you.

Same thing happened to Olivia Newton-John - Mystery of former boyfriend who ‘was found in Mexico’ after going missing for 12 years

https://news.yahoo.com/olivia-newton-john-mystery-former-081017085.html

10 posted on 04/12/2024 5:31:47 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: nickcarraway

If it had happened in Florida I would say it was a monster Jurassic Alligator.


11 posted on 04/12/2024 5:35:36 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: nickcarraway

This has all the makings of an “Alfred Hitchcock Presents . . .” Somehow she would be the real killer.


12 posted on 04/12/2024 5:46:26 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m not sure why FL hasn’t opened season on alligators.


13 posted on 04/12/2024 6:26:03 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: nickcarraway

video at link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs8uZVrhK0A


14 posted on 04/12/2024 7:22:16 PM PDT by algore
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15 posted on 04/13/2024 10:02:21 AM PDT by guest7
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