Davidson and companion Paul Lynde were staying at the Drake Hotel in San Francisco, California on July 17, 1965. The two went out the next day for a good time and got very drunk. Davidson decided to show Lynde a trick and dangled off the hotel balcony by his fingers. Seeing he was slipping, Paul desperately tried to help him back in but Davidson fell eight stories to his death. The police appear to have somehow been convinced into keeping the accident a secret; the tragedy received zero media coverage.
