Florence Lawrence suffered a series of setbacks that lead to her rather epic decline. From the book Tragic Hollywood Beautiful Glamorous and Dead:Sadly, Florence’s glory days were behind her and she began a slow and painful decline. She divorced Solter after her accident on the set, blaming him for making her perform her own stunts. After her two nervous breakdowns, she never regained the leading lady stature she once enjoyed. By the mid 1920’s she was hardly working at all and when the stock market collapsed in 1929, she was wiped out financially. That same year her beloved mother passed away, causing Florence to lapse further into despair. Despite her limited finances, she paid for an elaborate burial for her mother, including a large, sculpted bust to be placed on her tomb. In 1933 she married Henry Bolton, a drunk who beat her for the five-month duration of the marriage. By this time she was suffering from a painful bone marrow disorder called myelofibrosis. On the eve of December 27, 1938, she carefully placed mementos around her of her former life as a star as she lay down in great pain. Then she swallowed ant paste. She was discovered the following day, still alive and in agony. She was rushed to the hospital but died that afternoon. She was 52.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 20:18:12 +0000
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