Peter Beard is missing!

Pete in better days...

He doesn't know that.

He's likely a terrible cad, but he's an interesting person who's led a remarkable life - I hope he's found safe.

It got pretty cold out here last night (35). And there’s lots of water near there. Hopefully he’s okay, but if he’s not found soon, he could wind up with hypothermia. I guess there are worse ways to go, but obviously I hope he’s found alive and healthy.

It looks like his lips are missing too.

Was he the one who was married to one of the Cheryls?

Didn't he fuck Princess Caroline - or Princess Caroline Kennedy?

r1, no one more beautiful. r7, and jackie o?

He was a dirty old man, pursued young females even in his 70's. His wife is a crazy controlling bitch. I wouldn't be surprised if she "sent him out for milk." so she could finally inherit his estate.

R9 a couple years ago he returned home from a night out in the Meatpacking district with 2 Russian hookers. His wife called 911 and said he was suicidal and got him committed to a psych unit in revenge.

I don't know why he didn't divorce this woman years ago when he had his faculties.

R7, Princess Lee

July 23, 1972.

Taken by Peter.

With Little Edie

Beard, the Africa Years

Beard and Dali

He's still missing? WTF? Missing in Montauk. I've been on DL for several days straight and this is the first time I'm seeing this thread.

He’s still hot in OP’s photo.

Jesus, he was beautiful. Wasn't he with Candace Bergen for a while? Or were they just buds?

I've been having my own dementia issues and this is something I worry about. I have no friends or family so I'm not sure what they would do if I was found wandering. Is there a human equivalent to the A.S.P.C.A.?

If he’s still missing, he’s dead. Sorry to say.

I think he really wanted to be free of his ogre wife that he ran off.

Did his wife pull a Carole Baskin on him?

Police are scaling back the search for Peter Beard, after four days since he was reported missing. He is either dead or ensconced in some motel somewhere with hookers.

All resources are going to the pandemic. If you are *only * missing are *only * an alcoholic or you *only* need mental health or dental treatment, your are shit out of luck.

He may have pulled a Norman Maine and walked out into the sea.

Or Spalding Gray. Or Chance from Being There.

He was homophobic and made disparaging comments about gays (despite the fact that he worked with plenty of them)

Every time I see the title of this thread “Peter Beard is Missing” I think it’s a post by one of the Pete Buttigieg stans posting about how Mayor Pete once grew a beard and then shaved it off.

Did they find him yet?

Bunny Lake is missing too! Coincidence?

Only the second most famous beard in America

Didn't he promote the myth of his having had "discovered" Iman?

He did, and Iman corrected the story on many occasions.

Sadly he jumped off a cliff. At least he is free now from that witch his wife.

R33 must be one of those DLers who blame women for everything

[R33], there's a time for jokery. And there's a time for being deadly serious (I'm sorry if I sound like your second grade teacher). Is this true or just a flight of dark fancy?

As of an hour ago, no new information.

His artwork and photography are vastly overrated.

So are his navigational skills.

R35 The LEO's in charge of the search are scaling back and their spokesperson indicated that they had searched far and wide and indicated that it is likely he went over the cliffs into the ocean.

His nephew Alex is the good artist.

Someone call in the Datalounge Detective Agency

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He's fine, he sends his love

[quote] there's a time for jokery. And there's a time for being deadly serious

The time for being deadly serious is when an obscure elderly society leech none of us personally knew goes missing???

He and his current wife, Nejma Khanum.

I admire the work he did in Africa, documenting the wildlife as it was slowly being destroyed by humans. He lived a fascinating life, I would have liked to hear him tell stories of his adventures.

Sad that his final days are blurred by dementia. If he's dead, I hope it was without pain and trauma.

Is there a possibility that there was a little dog and an abandoned car in this story and his remains will be found partial eaten by vultures?

R46, Are there vultures in Montauk this time of year?

Here is by his home in Montauk with an unknown (to me) woman.

Oops, trying again.

R48, R49, he was with actress, model, and Bond girl Carole Bouquet around that time, so it might be her in that shot.

I have not checked but I am pretty sure the Websluethers are all over this with batshit crazy theories.

For revenge, the wife should have leaked his youthful nude selfies. You just know he took a ton of them.

R51, the websleuth fraus probably don't know who he is

R47 Montauk was founded by vultures.

Those sea cliffs are high, so high...

The Entertainment Lawyer is doing a blind item about how the pedophile ring had him killed because he knew too much *rolls eyes*

I just know that Kennedy woman smacked him with her dinghy and they all went down.

Here's the blind item:

How does someone like him just go missing? Where the hell is his security?

R18 some places allow seniors with dementia to get registered with the local police so they know who you are if someone finds you and calls them. You can also wear a medical alert bracelet and have your name and a contact number engraved on it.

If you have a friend and you don’t mind being tracked, they could monitor your cellphone or one of those life alert buttons (they have GPS models these days).

Check out the Alzheimer’s society website for other ideas.

Still missing?

People with dementia who wander should not live close to cliffs with a steep drop into the ocean.

I'll pass that on to Peter next time I see him, r62.

He was last seen with Carole Baskin

He needed assistance at former lover Lee Radziwill's funeral in February of 2019.

R65 Of course he did.

Where in the world is Peter Beard?

Holy Shit, R1. Gorgeous.

How in the hell did they not have alarms or security door locks to prevent him from getting out? I never knew he was an heir to a fortune. Are we sure it wasn't planned?

Cheryl Tiegs says she isn't surprised. It sounds like he was a pain in the ass to deal with.

If he was a pain in the ass before the dementia, then I don't doubt he became pure hell after.

Parent has dementia - it's a nightmare. Absolute nightmare. Don't wish it on my worst enemy.

Sounds like he was the original trust funder.

He "discovered" Iman, not sure what he saw in her, I don't see it when she was young. She sure grew into her beauty.

R72 I'd love to see what you look like. Usually the ones who judges the appearance of others, aren't anything to write home about.

And Iman has always been beautiful you fucking racist bigoted Cracker.

R73: take a chill pill, I think Iman is stunning, don't think she was stunning though when she was really young. She is one of these people who got more attractive as she got older. But by all means, scream "racism", if it makes you feel better.

Yes I agree with R74, Iman grew into her beauty. As opposed to Brooke Shields, who became less beautiful as she eased into her 20-30's.

R73, you sound like an idiot.

Still no sign of him?

Nope!

Jinkies! Lemme go round up Daphne, Fred and what's-his-face!

I’m telling you, little dog, abandoned car, ravine, half eaten body by vultures.

I knew them briefly years ago and stayed at their house in Montauk. It was at the top of a cliff and you walked down to what was more or less a private beach. The house was very low key old school Long Island. Like a sort of shack, really. Gray clapperboard. Mucho charm though.

My friend who knew them better than I, liked his wife very much.

She's made out to be some sort of devil, but she's just been trying to keep things under control, as far as I can see.

He was kidnapped by the soft butch sous chef

I hate to say it, but Peter is probably gone forever. I hope that's not the case, but he's been missing for weeks at this point and at his age that's not good.

Hope they'll be a happy surprise one day.

Sadly, his remains were found.

Sadly, his remains were found.

But was he partially eaten by vultures?

RIP

Old men with dementia wander off into the woods?

If you've never dealt with someone with dementia, it's very easy for them to wander if you're not watching 24-7. I find it hard to believe someone as wealthy as him didn't have caretakers specifically paid to watch him or alarms/security locks at every door/window. It's pretty much the first thing you need to do if you actually care about the person with it.

Such a sad ending to an incredibly interesting life.

Lee Radziwill discusses him at 5:25.

But could it be foul play? Or he decided to die? Wouldn't some basic instinct sink in, at the moment, telling one to sit by the road, not go into the woods?

R91, have you ever dealt with someone with this disease? You're speaking as if he were "normal." The things I could tell you having dealt with my own parent. In his mind, he wandered because he wanted to "go home."

Sad.

New York Times has his obituary up

His daughter is 31. Who is her mom? Cheryl Tiegs?

My uncle wandered off when my aunt wasn't looking, but the postman found him and brought him back. I didn't make the obvious joke, though I really really wanted to.

I hate it when they use the plural, "remains."

However, in his case, I suppose they were. Are. You know.

R95 his current wife (or widow, rather)

Such a tragic sad ending to what was a legendary celebrated famous life.

End of an era.

R91, no. That’s what Alzheimer’s does. This is terrible to say, but he probably died rather quickly from hypothermia (his clothing being found separately from his body sounds like paradoxical undressing). He probably suffered less than he would have if he’d died from Alzheimer’s.

Another example - being rich and famous doesn’t protect you from horrible experiences. He should have had an ideal retirement - money, house in the Hampton’s, friends, rich history of experiences - but instead no memory, alone, pain, and a miserable end. Reminder to,live for today.

Even before the dementia his life was unraveling. He was freebasing a bunch well into his late 60s.

Do they know the cause of death yet?

R104

Body has only just been recovered, ME likely won't issue COD until Monday or sometime next week at earliest. Given Mr. Beard's age and health absent any clear evidence of foul play doubt there will be an autopsy. Things will go way of that video in another thread about what happens when people die alone. Only unlike Mr. Eugene Tanner Mr. Beard's family will be there to claim body, arrange funeral, etc...

Can never find your beard when the going gets tough.

R102

At some point when dealing with a person suffering from advanced Alzheimer’s it is like having a toddler or small child; they cannot be left alone for a moment. Urge to go walkabout hits and as with Mr. Beard they are gone, unless someone has seen where they went so person can be run to ground and returned, things can go badly very quickly.

This sort of thing isn't new, happens all the time all across USA and elsewhere; someone with Alzheimer's wanders off and is never seen alive again.

Very best memory care facilities are almost like comfortable prisons where series of locked doors prevents people from wandering off the floor/unit becoming loose in the building or getting out of it. Privately many families hire one or more sitters who basically act as child minders, that is person is never left alone.

Sounds like he had taken off part or all of his clothes before going farther into the brush and died. The hunter found his clothes and the authorities found the body elsewhere.

It would seem that a tracking device and alarms at the doors wouldn't be too expensive but someone would still have to around and alert on the premises.

There probably wasn't a body left. He'd been missing for three weeks, he was probably badly decomposed already. Especially being outside in the woods.

There was probably nothing much left of him. Human remains denigrate quickly outside.

That's more likely the reality of the situation when his remains were found, unfortunately.

There is nothing sadder than the person who has loved you from the day you were born, one day not knowing who you are or that they have an idea that they love you or know you, but don't know how they know you. I know a lot of you have issues with your parents, but there is nothing worse than them no longer knowing who you are after unconditionally loving you your whole life and then one day, it's gone and they're talking into the mirror thinking it's another person or they know they have a child who they they think is still is a child because they think they are still young and they look at you as someone their age.

[quote] He probably suffered less than he would have if he’d died from Alzheimer’s.

Seriously. I hope he did not in fact suffer too much in the woods but if you're so far gone with dementia that you need round-the-clock babysitting, it's time to go. No good's going to come of lasting until the bitter end of Alzheimer's and dying a total vegetable.

He hated that creature he married, the one who went after his friends to get his paintings back. I think he could no longer take it having her controlling his life. He liberated himself from a horrible existence.

Yes, let's blame the woman he voluntarily married for the fact that he had Alzheimer's

Some DLer's will blame women for everything

He died in the wilderness, the wilderness he exploited for personal gain. I question how many of his millions went to wildlife charity. I suspect the "lion's share" were wasted on his decades long drug habits (especially cocaine) and his nasty's wife's purse.

He was a privileged white man, and extremely overrated as an artist, but he couldn't live forever.

82 is a very long life.

Does his family still have vast amounts of money? There was a railroad fortune on his mother's side of the family, and a tobacco fortune on his father's side of the family.

So he had wealth on both sides of his family.

Lucky mother fucker.

He really was one hot piece of ass!

Better looking than most models.

Can we expect another Entertainment Lawyer blind item about how he was killed by the super secret pedophile ring?

R114

If all of us knew exactly what we were getting when marrying that institution would have largely died out ages ago.

He had a hot ass but he couldn't live forever

Huge bulge.

R114

Say what you will, but Nejma Beard does sound like a nasty piece of work.

They why did he marry her then?

Beard was no angel himself

R108, 2]

Paradoxical undressing Twenty to fifty percent of hypothermia deaths are associated with paradoxical undressing. This typically occurs during moderate and severe hypothermia, as the person becomes disoriented, confused, and combative. They may begin discarding their clothing, which, in turn, increases the rate of heat loss.[20][21]

Looked like he was seriously packing, even in loose pants.

Nejma concocted some story that she was Afghanistani royalty and descended from Roxanna, the Bactrian Princess who Alexander the Great made his wife.

Many marry the wrong person. That is while we have no fault divorce.

[quote] Given Mr. Beard's age and health absent any clear evidence of foul play doubt there will be an autopsy

All unwitnessed deaths in the outdoors are autopsied, even if it’s just bones.

Huh, there's hardly any bulge. DLers think all guys they find attractive are hung

r130, I'm sure he didn't even care and was glad he married a woman much younger than himself

Many years ago when I was in my twenties I was driving up a barren hillside to my parent's neighborhood one afternoon when I saw an old man lying on his side next to the sidewalk. I stopped to help him and recognized that he likely had dementia as my grandmother had. He was clean and well dressed and looked like a grandpa. A man stopped to help out, saying he was a doctor, took a look at the man and pronounced him drunk. I was offended and thought him wrong, helped the man up and told him I'd take him home. He got in my car and gave me vague directions which I followed, slowing down when he seemed to recognize the homes. As I drove slowly down the street I saw anxious people in front of a house and it turned out to be where he lived with his children. Sure enough, he had dementia and I was glad to help out.

About a month later I saw him again wandering on the hillside as a man and his son approached him. I stopped and ran over and explained what I knew and where he lived and they offered to take him home. That was the last time I saw him.

A similar thing happened with my grandmother when her dementia worsened and she was still living at home. She got out and wandered the streets of San Francisco and wasn't corralled until 10 pm that night, shoe-less and confused in the middle of a street. This in spite of the whole family out looking for her and a report to the police. After that my step-grandfather moved her to a dementia facility. Not just the wandering, but leaving burners lit on the stove made her a danger to herself.

Dementia is an awful way to spend one's last years.

Is there any way we can blame this on Carole Baskin?

Why not Ellen DeGeneres

I'm sure the DL misogynists will find a way

They say you should never say anything bad about the dead. Peter Beard is dead. Good.

This is why we need to chip, people.

Found 'em!

May he Rest In Peace.

Shouldn’t blood hounds have had this sewed up in a few hours and found him alive?

A very bizarre thing people with dementia have in common with kids with autism is wandering.

r142, he may have already been dead by the time he was reported missing

Mrs. Beard likely slow walked that 911 call about her husband going walkabout.

"I went inside for just a moment, and when I came back he was gone... Didn't worry at first because he is always wandering off, so went inside and made a gin and tonic...."

May his gorgeous ass RIP

He probably would have preferred to die that way instead of a hospital bed. Alzheimer's/dementia is terrible.

Once He Were God. Rich and handsome.

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I like his work. Always have.

He was incredibly handsome, had a nice body, was an heir to a fortune and was talented? It's a life so parallel to mine it's astounding!

It's my understanding that dementia is just an agonizing, horrible thing to suffer from. For both the person and their loved ones. I agree that's it good that it's ended and not extended.

[quote]It's my understanding that dementia is just an agonizing, horrible thing to suffer from.

You have no idea. Far worse than anything else including cancer. Any family who can't afford help will inevitably drop dead themselves from it because there is no real break - even at night. The dementia patient himself/herself won't suffer as much as the people around them. I helped take care of my parent before we hired help - it aged me like 10 years and I literally mean sucked the life out of me. It has shortened my life for sure.

Is he showing a glimpse of a testicle at R148?

Has anyone been able to figure out what exactly is going through an Alzheimer's sufferer's mind when he or she goes on one of these apparently inexplicable jaunts?

Does the Alzheimer's patient have phases of realization now and again, so that researchers can tell us what is going through the patient's mind? Does "outside" represent youth, health, liberty?

I suppose it afflicts different people in various ways. My father had Alzheimer's, and he did exhibit some of the famous characteristics, such as failing to recognize his own progeny yet clearly sensing that they were people he knew. My brother said it was like a challenge for our father to investigate him with seemingly random questions that would finally reveal who my brother was.

But my father also had one very odd quirk. He lost almost all of his English (his native tongue), but he could still function in the languages he had picked up in school or wherever. So everyone had to speak French to him, or Italian. He was in the OSS during the war and took a crash course in Russian, so he could function well enough in that, but no one else could.

He never got to the wandering phase, as far as I know. He made it into his middle-eighties, but I think he died before he became a burden. I don't know for certain, and this was in the retirement southwest, and I was in NY.

People who get Alzheimer's were whores who got herpes.

Why was he always squatting or sitting with his knees drawn up to his chest? Like some kind of insect. Creepy.

He was a dirty old man. The world is a better place without him.

R156 When in Rome.

R154

Alzheimer's affects people so differently. My mom's language was horribly affected. She spoke jibberish. She kept trying to convey thoughts but nothing but jibberish came out. It was so frustrating for her & for us. She was also so frightened of everything.

Her sister developed Alzheimer's but her language was not affected at all.

As far as the wandering goes it's not as benign as some of you make it out to be regarding Beard just wandering peacefully to his death. The Alzheimer's patient may start off calmly wandering away but then they eventually become awash in a realization that they're scared. They become panicked & anxious because they are no longer around the place that gives them so vague sense of security (home).

I’m a bit confused, I like many of you have experienced caring for an older adult with devastating issues of dementia at the end of their lives. But anyone who has experienced it knows that Alzheimer’s Disease can only be definitely diagnosed after someone has died through brain tissue examination by autopsy, which by that point I doubt many go on to actually have. So saying “my mother is struggling with Alzheimer’s disease” is not something that is accurate and most people will never truly know. It is more correct to say “my father suffers from dementia” instead.