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A photo exists of the two attending a banquet together in 1968. [6] Death. On the morning of April 30, 1970, Stevens' roommate and companion Lola McNally found Stevens on the kitchen floor of her Hollywood Hills home. According to McNally, Stevens opened her eyes, lifted her head, and tried to speak, but was unable to utter any sound.
An autopsy performed at 1:30 pm at the County Coroner’s office after Inger Stevens death. Inger had a blood alcohol level of .17, and it estimated that there were somewhere between 25 and 50 barbiturate pills in her stomach. Her official cause of death was determined to be ‘acute barbiturate intoxication due to ingestion of an overdose’.
Inger Stevens was at the height of her film and TV career when tragedy struck. The Stockholm-born beauty died at 35 years old on April 30, 1970. According to IMDB, the "The Twilight Zone" actress led a secretive life.
At the time of her death in 1970, Stevens was attempting to revive her television career with the detective drama series The Most Deadly Game. Take a look at these vintage photos to see the beauty of Inger Stevens in the 1950s and 1960s.
HOLLYWOOD, April 30 (UPI) —Inger Stevens, the blonde actress who played the beguil ing housekeeper on “The Farm er's Daughter” television series for three years, was found dead in her home today....
At the time of her death, she was slated to start filming for a new TV show. Her cause of death was determined to be acute barbiturate poisoning and her manner of death was ruled a suicide....
For all intents and purposes, Ms. Stevens' death was a suicide but Patterson's bio indicates other possibilities. Following her death, it came out in the tabloids that she had been secretly married to a Negro, Ike Jones , since 1961.