Susan Hayward’s Death – Cause and Date
The movie actress Susan Hayward, known for her film portrayals of women based on true stories, died at age 57.
Notable films
She won a Best Actress Award for her role as a prisoner in the 1958 film, I Want to Live! She received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance in the musical drama With a Song in My Heart.
Personal life
She married fellow actor Jess Barker from 1944 to 1954, and the couple had twin sons in 1945. After their turbulent marriage ended, she remarried the successful Georgia rancher and businessman Floyd Eaton Chalkley, with whom she had a “happy marriage”. They resided on a farm near Carrollton, Georgia.
Cause of death
Hayward suffered a seizure in April 1973, her doctor found the underlying cause to be a lung tumor that had metastasized. On March 14, 1975, the actress suffered a fatal seizure in her Beverly Hills home at the age of 57.
Funeral and Burial
On March 16, a funeral service was held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church in Carrollton, Georgia. Hayward was laid to rest in the church cemetery.
Tribute
Susan Hayward is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 6251 Hollywood Boulevard.
Quotes
""When you're dead, you're dead. No one is going to remember me when I'm dead. Oh, maybe a few friends will remember me affectionately. Being remembered isn't the most important thing, anyhow. It's what you do when you are here that's important."
""I learned at a very early age that life is a battle. My family was poor, my neighborhood was poor. The only way that I could get away from the awfulness of life, at that time, was at the movies. There I decided that my big aim was to make money. And it was there that I became a very determined woman."
""I never thought of myself as a movie star. I'm just a working girl. A working girl who worked her way to the top - and never fell off."