Edie Sedgwick muse, socialite, artist, fashion model, and underground film actress died 36 years ago today (November 16, 1971)
She was born April 20, 1943 in Santa Barbara California. Where she would later die. She was the actress of over 18 Andy Warhol films. She was also a model but was never accepted in the fashion industry, because of her drug use, until the recent boom in Edie mania.
The coroner ruled Edie's death as "undetermined/accident/suicide". The time of death was estimated at 9:20 A.M. The death certificate claims the immediate cause was "probable acute barbiturate intoxication" due to ethanol intoxication. Sedgwick's alcohol level was registered at 0.17% and her barbiturate level was 0.48mg%. She was 28.
