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Her paternal grandfather was the stage actor Lewis Morrison. On August 8, 1958, five days before her 52nd birthday, Bennett died after what the media described as an unidentified "long illness" in Montreal. Over the course of her life, Bennett attempted suicide four times.
As the circumstances surrounding herself were vague and Bennett"s sister Joan refused to discuss the details of her death, rumors arose that Bennett had finally succeeded in ending her life.
Periods of work or marriage were terminated by her frightening, abandoned laughter of despair and failure. She was buried at Burtonville Union Cemetery in Lacolle, Quebec.
A memorial service was later held at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills.