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Novarro's murder served as the influence for the short story by Charles Bukowski, The Murder of Ramon Vasquez, and the song by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, "Tango," recorded by Peggy Lee on her Mirrors album.
In late 2005, the Wings Theatre in New York City staged the world premiere of Through a Naked Lens by George Barthel. The play combined fact and fiction to depict Novarro's rise to fame and his relationship with Hollywood journalist Herbert Howe.
Novarro's relationship with Herbert Howe is discussed in two biographies: Allan R. Ellenberger's Ramón Novarro and André Soares's Beyond Paradise: The Life of Ramón Novarro. A recounting of Novarro's murder can be found in Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon.
Prize-winning Greek playwright Pavlos Matesis wrote a play in two parts named "The Ghost of Mr. Ramon Novarro", which was first staged at the National Theatre of Greece in 1973.
In the episode "Every Dog His Day..." (Season 3) of All Creatures Great and Small, Navarro is referenced as a crush of the housekeeper, Mrs. Hall.
Navarro's death was referenced in The Sopranos episode "Cold Stones".
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