(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.