Fakta: Kuuluisia viimeisiä sanoja

An urban legend arose that Elliot died choking on a ham sandwich. This is incorrect. Speaking to the press shortly after her body was discovered, the police noted that a partly eaten sandwich had been found in her room and speculated that she may have choked while eating it. When the coroner’s autopsy was performed, no food was found in her trachea and the cause of death was determined to have been heart failure and that she had died in her sleep. But by then, the specious Fatal Ham Sandwich story was already making the rounds and the real cause of death was ignored by press and public. The story has fueled countless tasteless jokes over the years since her death.