I didn't see any mention here on MOPO. Yvette Vickers, who starred in some of my favorite cult movies "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman" and "Attack of the Giant Leeches" was found dead in her Benedict Canyon home. Her mummified body was undiscovered for about a year. Here's the story from the L.A. Times:
Yvette Vickers, the early actress, model and Playboy playmate whose body was found reportedly mummified in her Los Angeles home, died of heart failure, the coroner's office said Saturday. Vickers, who would have been 82 when her body was found, died of natural causes "due to arterial sclerotic cardiovascular disease," or heart disease caused by a hardening of the arteries, said Joyce Kato, an investigator with the Los Angeles County coroner's department. The department did not make a determination on when she died. Vickers' body appears to have remained undiscovered for close to a year, police said. A neighbor who had noticed cobwebs in Vickers' mailbox entered the home and discovered her body on April 27. The inside of the Westwanda Drive home in the Benedict Canyon neighborhood of Los Angeles was in disrepair and it was hard to move through the rooms because boxes containing what appeared to be clothes, junk mail and letters formed barriers, said the neighbor, Susan Savage. Vickers' body was found in an upstairs room with a small space heater still on. Vickers, who was born Yvette Vedder, starred in such cult films as "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman" and "Attack of the Giant Leeches." She had, for the most part, withdrawn from her extended family. Residents on the street said they had not seen Vickers since the summer of 2010. An acquaintance said she had become paranoid in recent years. Vickers had no immediate survivors. She was married and divorced at least twice. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/05/mummy-playboy-playmate-yvette- vickers-death-heart-failure.html Allison Hayes, who played the lead in Attack of the 50-Foot Woman, was the woman immortalized in that B movie's classic poster. She also had an unusual death, poisoned by a food supplement and passed away at only 47 years of age. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
