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ran a story about
Fairchild's past career in Hollywood and her present life on the streets of Los Angeles. Fairchild was selling newspapers outside a Los Angeles courthouse at the time in an attempt to earn enough money for a
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performed his record "The Statue", a song about the dance. Host Sam Riddle's introduction acknowledged
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or two before shifting to new poses. The dance was performed on a number of episodes, including the one broadcast on
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after being recruited by the show's executive producer Al Burton. She remained on the show until its final episode, broadcast in
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for carrying an open container. A police officer recognized her picture from the newspaper and arrested her for failure to complete her
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She died from liver cancer at a convalescent home in Los
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that her sentence had triggered a pledge of sobriety. Friends told reporters that
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Fairchild was born June Edna Wilson on
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