Her family announced her death in a Facebook post late Wednesday night: Shes gone.

As for Wilder, Nickerson recalled that he was such a kind, tender-hearted man.

She left Hollywood in 1978 and later became a nurse.

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She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law.

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