B-Movie Queen Yvette Vickers Died of Heart Disease

Yvette Vickers, in the early 1960s

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Yvette Vickers, the 1950s actress and pinup whose decomposed body was discovered in her home by a neighbor last month, died of heart disease, an autopsy found.

Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter says he didn't know when Vickers died, but her neighbors say it could have been anywhere from six months to a year ago.

Vickers, 82, who starred in such B-movies as Attack of the Giant Leeches, had a number of health issues in recent years. She was overweight and had a drinking problem, as well as what appeared to severe paranoia, friends and neighbors said.
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