Alan George Hyde, Jr. was born on May 12, 1970 in Santa Barbara, California and passed away on August 6, 1986 in Burbank, California. He grew up in Burbank and while at Burbank High he was a stagehand on the school production of various play's handling wardrobe and lighting. According to his fellow classmates he was a cool dude and had a great smile. The girls thought he was good looking with his long wavy hair.
But that all changed on August 6, 1986 when Alan's body was found dead in his bedroom from a gunshot wound. The police were never able to determine Alan's death as a suicide or an accident. Some classmates believe it was a suicide and others an accident. His then girlfriend believes it was an accident because they had plan to hang out all day that day, but her father wanted her to attend a family function that day so she was meeting Alan later that day when she returned home. When she went over to his house later that god awful day she found police cars and crime scene tape at Alan's house and that is when she found out about Alan's death. She told me that Alan did have a troubled childhood growing up.
We will never really know what happened that god awful day, that is only known by Alan and God. It is not really important on how Alan died but it is important that we never forget him. He was only 16 years old but he made an impact on his classmates and still to this day they remember and honor him and his short life. They play songs that remind them of Alan, they post pictures and stories about him. One will pull out Alan's Red Sox Jacket with his name on it.
So you see Alan is gone, but he is never forgotten. If he had lived he would of graduated from Burbank High in 1988. Alan was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California. May he rest in peace.
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