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According to the new book The Fixer: Moguls, Mobsters, Movie Stars and Marilyn, private investigator Fred Otash helped Judy Garland fight her drug and alcohol addiction in the mid ’60s. The work, written by Manfred Westphal, includes many of Otash’s notes from the Tinseltown inspector’s archives, which revealed shocking revelations about The Wizard of Oz star, who died in 1969 at age 47 due to a barbiturate overdose. Otash passed away in 1992 at age 70. While speaking with a news outlet, Westphal explained how Otash assisted Garland in trying to get sober after he was hired to work for her. “W…

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