I was unfamiliar with the tragic story of Susan Peters until stumbling upon this photo/caption:
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American actress Susan Peters. Discovered by Hollywood when she was 18, paralyzed after a hunting accident at 24, and dead by 31 from pneumonia complicated by anorexia. 1943 photo.
Wiki adds this:
"Injury and later career[edit]
Peters married actor and film director Richard Quine on November 7, 1943. On January 1, 1945, Peters and Quine were duck hunting when a rifle accidentally discharged and she was injured; the bullet lodged in her spinal cord.[5] The accident left her permanently paralyzed from the waist down, which required her to use a wheelchair.[6] Her mother, who had maintained a bedside vigil during her stay in the hospital, died in December 1945.
MGM continued to pay her salary, but, unable to find suitable projects, Peters subsequently left the studio. She returned to the screen in the lead role in Columbia's The Sign of the Ram (1948), but the film failed to win an audience.
She toured in stage productions of The Glass Menagerie and The Barretts of Wimpole Street, and her performances were highly regarded[by whom?], but her disability made her a difficult actress to cast.[1] Peters' final role was as the title character in the live television drama Miss Susan. The show was canceled after Peters' health began to decline.[4]
Later years and death[edit]
Peters and her husband Richard Quine adopted a son, Timothy Richard, in 1946. They separated in March 1947 with Peters claiming that Quine was cruel and would not speak to her for days at a time. They were divorced in September 1948.[7] Following her divorce and the end of her career, Peters suffered from depression.[citation needed]
On October 23, 1952, Peters died at Memorial Hospital in Visalia, California at the age of 31. Peters' doctor attributed her death to a chronic kidney infection, a complication caused by her paralysis, and bronchial pneumonia. He also noted that her death was hastened by dehydration and starvation because, in the last few weeks of her life, Peters had "lost interest" in eating and drinking and had lost the will to live.[6] Her funeral was held on October 27 in Glendale, California, after which she was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park next to her mother.[8][9]"
The photo location is not specified but clearly this is Palisades Park in Santa Monica. The concrete railing at this portion of the park is identical today.