![]() Amen.” Her landlady, Helen Mason, found her body Sunday morning. Neither can I face the impending blindness. I cannot endure this agonizing pain any longer. Blandick left the following note: “I am now about to make the great adventure. She lay down on a couch, covered herself with a gold blanket over her shoulders, and tied a plastic bag over her head. Then, with her hair properly styled, she took an overdose of sleeping pills. But as the fate has it, Silk Smitha aka Vijayalakshmi Vadlapati, after ruling South films for over a decade, Smitha committed suicide by poisoning herself. She dressed immaculately, in an elegant royal blue dressing gown. She laid out her resume and a collection of press clippings from her lengthy career. She began rearranging her room, placing her favorite photos and memorabilia in prominent places. Her residence was 1735 North Wilcox Avenue, Los Angeles, California. On April 15, 1962, she returned home from Palm Sunday services at her church. She started going blind and began suffering from severe arthritis. Throughout the 1950s, Blandick's health steadily began to fail. He was an actor, known for Temptation Island (1980), Kasalanan ba (1981) and Bihagin: Bilibid Boys (1981). Among the celebrities at her funeral were Cesar Romero, Van Johnson, and Pat O'Brien. Alfie Anido Actor Temptation Island Alfie Anido was born on Decemin the Philippines. She is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California in plot 814 of the "Everlasting Love" section. Landis' official web site, which is owned by her family, has questioned the events of Landis' death and the coroner's ruling of suicide. During a coroner's inquest, Harrison denied knowing any motive for her suicide and told the coroner he did not know of the existence of a second suicide note. According to some sources, Landis left two suicide notes, one for her mother and the second for Harrison who instructed his lawyers to destroy it. Harrison waited several hours before he called a doctor and the police. The next afternoon, Harrison and the maid discovered her on the bathroom floor. Harrison was the last person to see her alive, having had dinner with Landis the night before she committed suicide. ![]() Landis was reportedly crushed when Harrison refused to divorce his wife for her unable to cope any longer, she committed suicide in her Pacific Palisades home at 1465 Capri Drive by taking an overdose of Seconal. The affair became an open secret in Hollywood. ![]() Landis entered into a romance with actor Rex Harrison, who was then married to actress Lilli Palmer. ![]()
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