Comments on: RIP Yvette Vickers, co-star of "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman," found mummified in LA home http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1099531 Lobster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1099531 So her space heater was still on even though she hadn't paid her bills in a year? How's that work? So her space heater was still on even though she hadn’t paid her bills in a year? How’s that work?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1100045 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100045 I just hope she died wanting to be anonymous and not alone. It is kind of likely she wanted to be alone, given that she lived in a Hollywood mansion. If you got a mansion, you can get someone to be with you. If you spend some time you might get someone who is a good person. She likely had business contacts and she did a good job of being independent. She must not have been too mean to others if Susan Savage was willing to tress pass and break in. In Hollywood people will put you in jail for walking on their grass. It is unlikely that she was on good terms with any family if she had any. If someone has a choice of dieing alone, safe, unmolested, and independent or dieing with strangers around them, how is it sad to choose being alone? I just hope she died wanting to be anonymous and not alone.

It is kind of likely she wanted to be alone, given that she lived in a Hollywood mansion. If you got a mansion, you can get someone to be with you. If you spend some time you might get someone who is a good person. She likely had business contacts and she did a good job of being independent. She must not have been too mean to others if Susan Savage was willing to tress pass and break in. In Hollywood people will put you in jail for walking on their grass.

It is unlikely that she was on good terms with any family if she had any.

If someone has a choice of dieing alone, safe, unmolested, and independent or dieing with strangers around them, how is it sad to choose being alone?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1099545 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1099545 @Lobster - Her bills were probably automatically deducted from her bank account. There have been other cases like this were automatic payments were a factor in a body not being discovered for a long time. @Lobster – Her bills were probably automatically deducted from her bank account. There have been other cases like this were automatic payments were a factor in a body not being discovered for a long time.

]]> By: rks1157 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1099546 rks1157 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1099546 This puts a kink in my day. I thought of her as one of the sexiest women of B movies ever since I saw Attact of the Giant Leeches. How sad. This puts a kink in my day. I thought of her as one of the sexiest women of B movies ever since I saw Attact of the Giant Leeches. How sad.

]]> By: ncinerate http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1099547 ncinerate Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1099547 My bills are all on auto-pay. It's not that unusual for most of your life to be on autopilot these days. If something happened and nobody around me bothered to notice it would be years and years before an account would run dry enough to bring on any sort of disconnect. Zombie house would go on, mortgage paid, lawn service keeping the plant life under control, automatic sprinklers handling watering, lights on with nobody home. My bills are all on auto-pay. It’s not that unusual for most of your life to be on autopilot these days. If something happened and nobody around me bothered to notice it would be years and years before an account would run dry enough to bring on any sort of disconnect.

Zombie house would go on, mortgage paid, lawn service keeping the plant life under control, automatic sprinklers handling watering, lights on with nobody home.

]]> By: Local-Man http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1099558 Local-Man Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1099558 My mailbox would be overflowing with junk mail after about 2 weeks. My mailbox would be overflowing with junk mail after about 2 weeks.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1099814 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1099814 Sad story. But somehow all I could think of after reading "Playboy Playmate" and "Mummified" in the same paragraph was that <em>Mummy Strippers</em> would be a good title if they ever make a sequel to <em>Zombie Strippers.</em> Sad story. But somehow all I could think of after reading “Playboy Playmate” and “Mummified” in the same paragraph was that Mummy Strippers would be a good title if they ever make a sequel to Zombie Strippers.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1099819 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1099819 Years ago I lived in a sweet art deco building in Los Angeles where we all kept to ourselves. One day I smelled a really really bad smell. It stayed for days and I remember thinking "Man, it smells like someone died in here!" Someone had. It took maybe a week to find her (she lived across the hall). A few years later, I smelled a really, really bad smell again. Again I thought it smelled as thought someone had died -- you'd think I'd have remembered that smell. But no, it was another few days before another body was discovered. Both these folks were elderly, single people. Years ago I lived in a sweet art deco building in Los Angeles where we all kept to ourselves. One day I smelled a really really bad smell. It stayed for days and I remember thinking “Man, it smells like someone died in here!” Someone had. It took maybe a week to find her (she lived across the hall). A few years later, I smelled a really, really bad smell again. Again I thought it smelled as thought someone had died — you’d think I’d have remembered that smell. But no, it was another few days before another body was discovered. Both these folks were elderly, single people.

]]> By: dancentury http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1100082 dancentury Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100082 Sad... She was hot! Sad…

She was hot!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1100083 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100083 <blockquote>Medicare needs to have a program just to contact old people daily. Or even weekly.</blockquote> I found my neighbor dead after three days. Trust me when I say that, if you don't get to them within 24 hours, you really want to wait until they're fully mummified.

Medicare needs to have a program just to contact old people daily. Or even weekly.

I found my neighbor dead after three days. Trust me when I say that, if you don’t get to them within 24 hours, you really want to wait until they’re fully mummified.

]]> By: Bill Beaty http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1100611 Bill Beaty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100611 Put on some vinyl tunes Nick Lowe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWunemmwJHM Put on some vinyl tunes

Nick Lowe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWunemmwJHM

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1099590 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1099590 This. I'd expect a postal carrier to notice the build up of old mail and do... whatever it is postal carriers do when they think someone died. So sad. This. I’d expect a postal carrier to notice the build up of old mail and do… whatever it is postal carriers do when they think someone died.

So sad.

]]> By: peterbruells http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1099592 peterbruells Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1099592 Why? Wouldn't she be dead then? We have zero knowledge about the circumstances of her dead. She might have died happily, she might have been utterly contempt with not having close people around her. Why? Wouldn’t she be dead then?

We have zero knowledge about the circumstances of her dead. She might have died happily, she might have been utterly contempt with not having close people around her.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1100106 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100106 Wait, why did Savage break into the house and creep around rather than call the police? Wait, why did Savage break into the house and creep around rather than call the police?

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1100115 Donald Petersen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100115 I wonder... does it help being in an arid environment? My dad was a volunteer fireman in the Ozarks during the 90s, and he once came across a week-old corpse in a single-wide trailer during a hot, sticky summer. It was profoundly unpleasant. Anyway, as Urizen above mentioned, this is a very Hollywood noir story, not far at all from Wilder's <i>Sunset Blvd</i>. Too close, in fact, for a co-star from <i>Attack of the 50 Foot Woman</i>. "It's the pictures that got small." I wonder… does it help being in an arid environment? My dad was a volunteer fireman in the Ozarks during the 90s, and he once came across a week-old corpse in a single-wide trailer during a hot, sticky summer. It was profoundly unpleasant.

Anyway, as Urizen above mentioned, this is a very Hollywood noir story, not far at all from Wilder’s Sunset Blvd. Too close, in fact, for a co-star from Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.

“It’s the pictures that got small.”

]]> By: facetedjewel http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1099604 facetedjewel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1099604 There was story in The Local (Sweden) this winter about a man found dead in his apartment. They reckoned he'd been dead for two years. You'd think the smell of decomposing flesh would escape the apartment and alarm the neighbors. Anyone know of a story of a dead person found in their home exceeding two years? There was story in The Local (Sweden) this winter about a man found dead in his apartment. They reckoned he’d been dead for two years. You’d think the smell of decomposing flesh would escape the apartment and alarm the neighbors.

Anyone know of a story of a dead person found in their home exceeding two years?

]]> By: Urizen http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1099861 Urizen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1099861 How very Hollywood noir. A bit Sunset Boulevard, a bit Whatever happened to Baby Jane. Creepy. Hope I can find her films on Netflix. How very Hollywood noir. A bit Sunset Boulevard, a bit Whatever happened to Baby Jane. Creepy. Hope I can find her films on Netflix.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1100127 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100127 The 50 foot woman meets the incredible shrinking man. A sign of the times. The 50 foot woman meets the incredible shrinking man. A sign of the times.

]]> By: emmdeeaych http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1100131 emmdeeaych Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100131 Since it's a comment in response to a post about a person dying alone, well, I wrongly assumed the context would be beyond obvious. My mistake. Yes, I mean people should be there for each other in that moment. It is made more bearable. Though, maybe if you're incapable of interacting with others calmly and constructively, you might be generous and avoid those whose last memories would be so surely soured by your presence. Since it’s a comment in response to a post about a person dying alone, well, I wrongly assumed the context would be beyond obvious. My mistake. Yes, I mean people should be there for each other in that moment. It is made more bearable. Though, maybe if you’re incapable of interacting with others calmly and constructively, you might be generous and avoid those whose last memories would be so surely soured by your presence.

]]> By: emmdeeaych http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1099884 emmdeeaych Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1099884 Having recently been with two people in their last moments, let me say that no one should die alone. Having recently been with two people in their last moments, let me say that no one should die alone.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1100153 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100153 Where I live now, the dewpoint has been under 10° F for weeks. A human body would mummify quite rapidly. Plus, there's a good chance that the deceased would already be dehydrated at the time of death. I can barely get in enough fluids to counteract the nosebleeds. Where I live now, the dewpoint has been under 10° F for weeks. A human body would mummify quite rapidly. Plus, there’s a good chance that the deceased would already be dehydrated at the time of death. I can barely get in enough fluids to counteract the nosebleeds.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1099898 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1099898 My first thought was Mulholland Drive, very creepy and sad, and yes, Noir way to go. I remember a story in East Berlin of someone being found dead for 13 years, I think that was the longest I've ever heard. Peace be with you, sweetie. My first thought was Mulholland Drive, very creepy and sad, and yes, Noir way to go. I remember a story in East Berlin of someone being found dead for 13 years, I think that was the longest I’ve ever heard.

Peace be with you, sweetie.

]]> By: alllie http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1099646 alllie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1099646 Medicare needs to have a program just to contact old people daily. Or even weekly. Medicare needs to have a program just to contact old people daily. Or even weekly.

]]> By: Erasorhed http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1099657 Erasorhed Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1099657 Tokyo's "oldest man" was found mummified in his home after 30 years dead. Story here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/7917131/Tokyos-oldest-man-dead-for-30-years.html Tokyo’s “oldest man” was found mummified in his home after 30 years dead. Story here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/7917131/Tokyos-oldest-man-dead-for-30-years.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1099408 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1099408 Someone is going to have asked this by the time my comment appears but what kind of life do you lead to not have anyone realize you died until a year after the fact? That's really kind of tragic. Someone is going to have asked this by the time my comment appears but what kind of life do you lead to not have anyone realize you died until a year after the fact? That’s really kind of tragic.

]]> By: peterbruells http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1099668 peterbruells Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1099668 Why? Why?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1099413 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1099413 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2cLmbCyzhE Wow, just, wow. She looked a little like Lily Cole. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2cLmbCyzhE
Wow, just, wow. She looked a little like Lily Cole.

]]> By: owza http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1100694 owza Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100694 @dancentury Hot you say? http://bit.ly/mnDcwS @dancentury Hot you say? http://bit.ly/mnDcwS

]]> By: ultranaut http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1099927 ultranaut Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1099927 For the past several years I've been occasionally working on a science fictional story about a man who automates himself out of his mundane existence without being noticed. Increasingly, it seems my own life is following a similar path... For the past several years I’ve been occasionally working on a science fictional story about a man who automates himself out of his mundane existence without being noticed. Increasingly, it seems my own life is following a similar path…

]]> By: nanuq http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/rip-yvette-vickers-c.html#comment-1100183 nanuq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100183 This is hardly uncommon for compulsive hoarders (which I gather she was from the description of her house). Once a body is lost in the enormous amount of junk in the homes it can take months to discover. http://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2010/09/missing-las-vegas-woman-found-after-four-months-in-own-home.html This is hardly uncommon for compulsive hoarders (which I gather she was from the description of her house). Once a body is lost in the enormous amount of junk in the homes it can take months to discover.

http://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2010/09/missing-las-vegas-woman-found-after-four-months-in-own-home.html

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