"The only hit that comes out of a Helen Lawson show is Helen Lawson, and that's ME, baby, remember?" - Susan Hayward as Helen Lawson in Valley of the Dolls (1967)
A two-pack a day smoker with a taste for drink, Susan was diagnosed with brain cancer in March of 1972. Susan Was diagnosed with brain cancer, allegedly the result of being exposed to dangerous radioactive toxins on location in Utah while making The Conqueror (1956). All the leads John Wayne, Agnes Moorehead, John Hoyt, Hayward and the director Dick Powell died of cancer. The case is still a scandal.
Susan Hayward
June 30th, 1917 - March 14th, 1975
RIP
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