


''Glamorous and talented, she gave us many wonderful moments on the stage and screen and delightedĪudiences from the time she was a young girl. ''Rita Hayworth was one of our country's most beloved stars,'' he said. The ''courage and candor'' of Miss Hayworth and her family in bringing attention to Alzheimer's disease was praised by President Reagan in a statement yesterday. Since 1981 the actress had been under the care of her second daughter, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, who by publicizing her mother's tragic illness had drawn national and international attention toĪlzheimer's disease, about which little was known until recent years.Īccording to Princess Yasmin, Miss Hayworth's health had steadily deteriorated over the years and she lapsed into a semicoma in February. Rita Hayworth, the legendary Hollywood beauty who rose to international fame in the 1940's and 1950's, died Thursday night, of Alzheimer's disease, in her Central Park West apartment in Manhattan.
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