Winning Time: Who Killed Vic Weiss In Real Life?
Vic Weiss' murder is the cliffhanger of HBO's Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty episode 3, but it doesn't reveal who killed Jerry Tarkanian's associate. The majority of the third episode revolves around the Los Angeles Lakers searching for a new head coach after Winning Time episode 2 saw Jerry West quit. Jerry Buss quickly zeroes in on his favorite candidate, controversial college coach Jerry Tarkanian. It is through the pursuit of the NCAA coach that Vic Weiss enters Winning Time episode 3's story, and he ultimately plays a major role.
As the longtime associate of Jerry Tarkanian, Vic Weiss is with the coach throughout his meetings with Jerry Buss. However, he goes missing towards Winning Time episode 3's ending, only for his body to be found in the trunk of his car. The series gets most of the facts about this moment right, even down to the yellow blanket that Vic Weiss' body is wrapped in, and that his car is found in a parking garage after a few days. The 2022 HBO Max show doesn't get into details about who killed Jerry Tarkanian's right-hand man, though.
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The decision for Winning Time episode 3 to not even show Vic Weiss' death but instead reveal his fate at the end was done on purpose. After the police found the body, an investigation began to learn who killed Vic Weiss. He was killed with two gunshots to the head and found dead on June 17, 1979. Despite digging deep into Vic Weiss' life and any potential evidence found in his Rolls-Royce, the police were never able to pin the murder on anyone. His murder remains unsolved more than forty years later, although that hasn't stopped some theories from surfacing.
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