Los Angeles, CA – February 24, 2025 – Lynne Marie Stewart, the actress who brought chain-smoking Bonnie Kelly to life on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and twirled as Miss Yvonne on Pee-wee’s Playhouse, was found dead in her Hollywood Hills bungalow late Sunday night at the age of 78. Authorities are calling it “natural causes,” but whispers from the entertainment underworld suggest something far more sinister: Stewart was on the verge of exposing a conspiracy so explosive it might have gotten her silenced. And who’s at the center of the rumor mill? None other than Alec Baldwin, the man with a trigger finger and a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The official story from the LAPD is that Stewart passed quietly in her sleep, surrounded by empty Marlboro packs and a half-finished script for a tell-all memoir titled Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder. But a source close to the actress, speaking on condition of anonymity, paints a different picture. “Lynne was digging into something big,” the insider told this reporter over a burner phone. “She kept saying she’d ‘found the smoking gun’ on a cabal of A-listers who’ve been running Hollywood like their personal playground for decades. She wouldn’t shut up about Baldwin being the key.”
Stewart’s death comes just weeks after a cryptic X post that sent conspiracy theorists into a frenzy. “AB knows what happened on Stage 13. I’m not afraid anymore,” she wrote on February 3, tagging Baldwin directly. The post was deleted within hours, but screenshots circulated like wildfire. Fans speculated that “Stage 13” referred to an infamous soundstage at Warner Bros., long rumored to be the site of secret meetings between power players. Baldwin, fresh off his legal woes from the Rust shooting, fired back with a now-deleted reply: “Careful, Lynne. Some props are loaded.”
Was it a threat? A warning? Or just Baldwin’s usual knack for saying the wrong thing at the worst time? Whatever it was, Stewart didn’t back down. Friends say she’d been acting paranoid in her final days, chain-smoking more than usual and ranting about “the truth coming out.” Her Sunny co-star Charlie Day reportedly tried to calm her down during a late-night phone call last week, only for Stewart to scream, “They’ll get you too, Charlie! It’s bigger than the bar!” before hanging up.
The Baldwin connection thickened when a paparazzo spotted him leaving Stewart’s neighborhood around 2 a.m. on Sunday, hours before her body was discovered by a delivery driver dropping off a carton of cigarettes. Baldwin, sporting a trench coat and a scowl, allegedly muttered, “She should’ve kept her mouth shut,” as he sped off in his black Tesla. Police questioned the actor Monday morning, but his team released a statement claiming he was “just dropping off a script” and had no involvement in her death. Sure, Alec. And the Rust gun was just a prop.
Hollywood insiders aren’t buying it. A veteran producer, who asked to be called “Deep Throat 2.0,” told this outlet that Stewart had been asking questions about a 1990s incident involving Baldwin, a missing stuntman, and a suspiciously timed studio fire. “Lynne was old-school,” the producer said. “She knew where the bodies were buried, figuratively and maybe literally. If she was writing that memoir, she had dirt that could’ve torched half the Walk of Fame.”
Adding fuel to the fire, a leaked page from Stewart’s memoir surfaced on X Monday night, posted by an account called @TruthBehindTheBeehive. “Alec thought he could scare me off with a late-night visit and a sob story,” the excerpt read. “But I saw the blood on his hands, and it wasn’t fake. Stage 13 wasn’t an accident—it was a sacrifice.” The account was suspended within minutes, but not before thousands shared the post.
Baldwin’s camp is doubling down, with his lawyer insisting the actor “barely knew Lynne” and calling the rumors “baseless nonsense from desperate tabloids.” Yet, a quick web search reveals Baldwin and Stewart crossed paths multiple times, including a 2015 charity event where witnesses say they argued heatedly in a corner. One attendee recalled Baldwin shouting, “You don’t know what you’re messing with!” as Stewart flicked cigarette ash in his direction.
Fans are losing it online. “Lynne Marie Stewart was about to blow the lid off Hollywood, and Baldwin took her out,” wrote @PeeWeeTruth69. Another user, @BonnieKelly4Ever, added, “First Halyna Hutchins, now Lynne? Alec’s got a habit of ‘accidents’ around strong women who threaten him.” The hashtag #JusticeForLynne was trending by Monday afternoon.
Stewart’s sister, Gayle, declined to comment but was seen sobbing outside the coroner’s office, clutching a photo of Lynne in her Miss Yvonne getup. No funeral plans have been announced, though some speculate the family’s holding off until an autopsy can rule out foul play. Good luck getting a straight answer from LA’s famously tight-lipped coroner, who once called Marilyn Monroe’s death “probably fine.”
Was Lynne Marie Stewart a casualty of natural decline, or did she get too close to a truth Hollywood couldn’t afford to let out? One thing’s for sure: Alec Baldwin’s got some explaining to do, and the ghost of Bonnie Kelly might just haunt him until he cracks. Rest in peace, Lynne. Hope the afterlife’s got plenty of smokes and no NDAs.
