Daisy Bites the Dust

from Time Magazine, Monday March 6, 1933 :

Died. Daisy Canfield Danziger Moreno, 45, California oil heiress, estranged wife of Film Actor Antonio Moreno: of injuries when her automobile ran over the edge of a cliff as her companion, one René Dussac, tried to brighten the headlights in a fog, turned them out instead; on Mulholland Highway, Hollywood.

Instead of divorcing Moreno, her death left him all her wealth. Oooopsy.

So, maybe he had a lot invested in maintaining a positive image. From E.J. Fleming's highly entertaining and perhaps not entirely accurate or true "The Fixers":


The splendid Canfield-Moreno estate, also known as Crestmount:

1920's photo. I know how much you love floor plans:

and aeriel views. Rusty n me had a great time at a wedding here recently.