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Faith Bacon Ziegfeld Follies of 1931 As a burlesque dancer, she used such aids as ostrich fans, flowers and bubbles, all against an often smoky spotlight. In 1933, Bacon competed with Sally Rand as fan-dancers at the World’s Fair. Death: Shortly after midnight on September 26, 1956, she was walking down the stairs of the hotel between the fourth and third floors and suddenly opened a window. As a friend grabbed at her skirt, she tore loose and jumped out the window. Her body landed on the roof of a one-story saloon next door. She was 46 years old. Her friend told reporters that Bacon “wanted the spotlight again. She would have taken any kind of work in show business.”Her effects reportedly comprised “Miscellaneous clothing, one white metal ring, train ticket to Erie, Pa., and 85 cents”, and a pair of rented fans.When relatives could not be located, the American Guild of Variety Artists claimed her body and arranged for burial.


Faith Bacon
Ziegfeld Follies of 1931
As a burlesque dancer, she used such aids as ostrich fans, flowers and bubbles, all against an often smoky spotlight. In 1933, Bacon competed with Sally Rand as fan-dancers at the World’s Fair. Death: Shortly after midnight on September 26, 1956, she was walking down the stairs of the hotel between the fourth and third floors and suddenly opened a window. As a friend grabbed at her skirt, she tore loose and jumped out the window. Her body landed on the roof of a one-story saloon next door. She was 46 years old. Her friend told reporters that Bacon “wanted the spotlight again. She would have taken any kind of work in show business.”
Her effects reportedly comprised “Miscellaneous clothing, one white metal ring, train ticket to Erie, Pa., and 85 cents”, and a pair of rented fans.
When relatives could not be located, the American Guild of Variety Artists claimed her body and arranged for burial.
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