On the morning of Thursday, April 30, 1970, Inger Stevens was found lying unconscious on her kitchen floor by her hairstylist/houseguest, Lola McNally.
Rushed to a nearby local hospital, she was declared dead on arrival at 10:30 a.m. From initial appearances and later confirmed by toxicology testing, the immediate cause of death was from an overdose of barbiturates. The Los Angeles County Coroner's office eventually ruled her death as a súicide.
As per Ingerstevens.org, at the time of her death and even thru today, her family and her friends could not/do not accept the notion of súicide.
There were no overt signs that she was depressed or despondent: on the contrary, she was excited about her return to weekly television, she had just purchased clothes she would wear for the show, and she had made a number of short term plans for the coming weeks (she had in fact made plans to attend the first MGM studio auction on the next Sunday, May 3, 2024).
Her overall disposition seemed positive. However, in cases of apparent súicides where there are no witnesses, there is always room for speculation, justifiable or not, surrounding the circumstances of her death.
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