Attack of the 50 Foot Woman Star Yvette Vickers Found Mummified in Home

[Teh One Who Knocks]

by Brandi Fowler - E! Online




Former Playboy pinup and B-movie actress Yvette Vickers died at the age of 82. But it wasn't until a year later—last Wednesday—that her mummified body was found in her Beverly Hills home.

Neighbor Susan Savage found the Attack of the 50 Foot Woman star lying on the floor of an upstairs room, after pushing open a barricaded front gate, "scaling a hillside", climbing through a broken window and pushing through stacks of "clothes, junk mail and letters" to reach her, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Although Vickers generally kept to herself in the neighborhood, Savage decided to check on her after seeing cobwebs and old letters in her mailbox.

"The letters seemed untouched and were starting to yellow," Savage said. "I just had a bad feeling."

Vickers' body, which was lying on the floor that entire time, was so decomposed that it was unrecognizable.

"We've all been crying about this," Savage said. "Nobody should be left alone like that."

In spite of the circumstances, police suspect no sign of foul play, and the cause of death has yet to be determined by the Los Angeles county coroner's office.

During her career, Vickers starred in horror flicks like Attack of the Leeches and What's the Matter With Helen? and earned a bachelor's degree in theater arts from UCLA. She quickly rose to fame after playing Honey Parker, mistress of Allison Hayes (the titular giantess)' husband in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman

[redred]

no one spotting this for a year thats sad

[Hal-9000]

yikes..she was mummified after laying there for a year, sad indeed

[Fodster]

"We've all been crying about this," Savage said. "Nobody should be left alone like that."

then why the fuck did u leave it a year to check on the poor old dear

[deebakes]

[redred]

one of yours again dee?

[AntZ]

I can never understand these stories! We always hear about people being dead in their house for a years or so, a few times a year from around the country.

Take this story, she has a house in Beverly Hills, what does it take to run this house? Did she always go out and buy her grocery's, or did someone bring them to her? She would have Southern California Edison for her electricity, if she did not pay her bill, it would be shut off by 60 days. And not before Edison mailed her a hundred late notices! The same for The Gas Company. I doubt she was on the City of L.A.'s D.W.P. Then you have your water and trash bill, that's usually handled by the city. If you don't pay it, they will send a dozen letters then tag your door as a last warning before they shut your street valve and pad lock it. Cities are especially nasty when you don't pay their bills, so they would start collection procedures on the spot, resulting in even more mail! So this mail box should have been over flowing!! Someone would have had concern? O.K., maybe a financial service pays her bills for her, wouldn't they at least speak with their client on occasion?

We all know she went unnoticed, it's just a shame that in this day and age, people are just so uninterested in the world around them. We see it in people watching other getting beaten or robbed and doing nothing about it. Or all the tell tale signs of a problem at this house and only one person taking the initiative, after a year, to look into it.

[deebakes]

one of yours again dee?

Yes...

[Hal-9000]

the idea of a 50 foot woman has always fascinated me with the logistics possibilities

[Muddy]

I can never understand these stories! We always hear about people being dead in their house for a years or so, a few times a year from around the country.

Take this story, she has a house in Beverly Hills, what does it take to run this house? Did she always go out and buy her grocery's, or did someone bring them to her? She would have Southern California Edison for her electricity, if she did not pay her bill, it would be shut off by 60 days. And not before Edison mailed her a hundred late notices! The same for The Gas Company. I doubt she was on the City of L.A.'s D.W.P. Then you have your water and trash bill, that's usually handled by the city. If you don't pay it, they will send a dozen letters then tag your door as a last warning before they shut your street valve and pad lock it. Cities are especially nasty when you don't pay their bills, so they would start collection procedures on the spot, resulting in even more mail! So this mail box should have been over flowing!! Someone would have had concern? O.K., maybe a financial service pays her bills for her, wouldn't they at least speak with their client on occasion?

We all know she went unnoticed, it's just a shame that in this day and age, people are just so uninterested in the world around them. We see it in people watching other getting beaten or robbed and doing nothing about it. Or all the tell tale signs of a problem at this house and only one person taking the initiative, after a year, to look into it.

Exactly..