Obituary Followup

The body found in Yvette Vickers' home last week is believed to be that of the former actress. Apparently it is very difficult to identify mummified remains. She was around 82 when she passed away.

In her later years, she was a cross between her youthful self and Norma Desmond, and yes, she did have a bit part in the 1950 classic Sunset Boulevard:

Those closest to former actress and Playboy playmate Yvette Vickers say she led a dual life: one as a private recluse hidden away in her Los Angeles neighborhood, and another as a vivid storyteller who charmed audiences at film festivals and kept in touch with her fans years after her star had faded.

Now police believe the badly decomposing body found in Vickers' Los Angeles home, although not yet identified, is indeed the 82-year-old woman best known for her role in "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman."

The coroner's office has yet to determine how long the body lay in the Vickers home.

From the article, it appears she was alive as recently as December or January of this year, when someone in the article mentioned having seen her water her plants.

You can see Vickers in her heyday as the "other woman" in the grade Z classic Attack of the 50-Foot Woman. This is Part 1:



I LOVE this film.