- (Text of alleged suicide note:) Dearest dear, Unfortunately this is the only way to make good the frightful wrong I have done you and wipe out my abject humiliation. I love you. Paul You understand last night was only a comedy.
- There is evidence that Bern was murdered by his ex-wife Dorothy Millette. The police didn't arrive until two hours after the death. A fixer had been sent in by the studio to reduce the effects on Bern's wife Jean Harlow. It's believed he staged it as a suicide. He admitted as much before his own death.
- There is speculation that he was murdered.
- Dated comedienne Mabel Normand from 1923-1924.
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