[2] By the time Deans met singer and actress Judy Garland in 1967, he had switched his occupation from musician to working as the manager of the Manhattan discothèque Arthur, owned by Sybil Burton, on East 54th Street.

He insisted on stopping at a Manhattan office and it became clear to Lorna that he was striking his book deal only hours after her mother's funeral service.

[11][12] "In a move that takes my breath away to this very day when I think of it, Mickey had scheduled a meeting and wanted me to go along," Lorna wrote, adding that Deans and another man "discussed some sort of business deal" in her presence.

"Months later, someone told me the other man was a publisher, and that Mickey had arranged to stop by on the way back from my mother’s funeral to cut a deal on a Judy Garland biography.

"[13] After Garland's death, Deans had a four-year relationship with Rose Driscoll, and they adopted a son, Richard.

[citation needed] Deans died in Northfield Center, Ohio, on July 11, 2003, after a long illness.