on 9 august 1967 halliwell fatally injured orton with nine hammer blows to the head and then overdosed on pentobarbital (nembutal) sleeping pills. halliwell died first. their bodies were discovered late the following morning, when a chauffeur arrived at the door of their noel road flat in islington to collect orton for a meeting with director richard lester to discuss filming options on "up against it", an unproduced script by orton, written in 1967 for the beatles.