tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661417.post2661025885544333252..comments2024-02-11T15:41:42.795-05:00Comments on Mae West: Mae West: Mabel StarkMae West NYChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10429691535206284217noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661417.post-76154749210565207152016-11-23T19:42:02.878-05:002016-11-23T19:42:02.878-05:00Roger,
I grew up in T.O. and saw Mabel at Junglela...Roger,<br />I grew up in T.O. and saw Mabel at Jungleland. I have accumulated quite a bit of information on her. I am trying to find out if she had a burial site (or was cremated and where. I do not see a Find A Grave site and would like to establish one. Not sure what given name was used on her death certificate. Any help you can provide would be appreciated. John T. Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12755588244196569712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661417.post-55719876240249072022012-06-23T06:10:17.334-04:002012-06-23T06:10:17.334-04:00Roger Smith: Thank you very much!!!!Roger Smith: Thank you very much!!!!Mae West NYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10429691535206284217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661417.post-8647297741841724112012-06-23T04:11:48.361-04:002012-06-23T04:11:48.361-04:00CORRECTIONS: MABEL STARK was born on Sunday, 9 De...CORRECTIONS: MABEL STARK was born on Sunday, 9 December 1888. Source: Her handwritten letter of Monday, 24 February 1958, to her niece, Enid Barber, regarding family history, which is in my possession. She was 79 at death. Confusion arises from her shaving five years off her birthyear to 1893, on her Social Security card application of 1937. The new operators of Jungleland took over in 1965, when I was hired. They turned Mabel out on Friday, 10 November 1967, when I assisted her in taking care of her tigers for her last time. Don "Okie" Carr and I helped her move out of her dressing room, and took her belongings to her home. When her tigress, Goldie, escaped and was shot dead, on Sunday, 14 April 1968, Mabel decided to end her own life, as she had talked of doing if separated from her tigers. She was found dead by her cook, Pauline LeGrand, at 3:30 pm, on Saturday, 20 April 1968. Source: I was there. The Coroner determined the death was suicide, from an overdose of barbiturates, and believed she had been dead some 3 days, possibly since April 16th, when I last saw her alive, or the 17th. Source: Harold Kade, MD, Forensic Pathologist. Mabel Stark had mentored my apprenticeship on tiger training and caretaking from 1965 until hours before her death. I had talked on the phone with her on April 16th, about advanced specifics of rearing tiger cubs. (Signed) Roger Smith -23 June 2012.Roger Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611715902551379585noreply@blogger.com