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Mar 6, 2010 · She died at — not 88, like the Oldsmobile — 80. She never got her book made into a movie, but they did eventually make a movie "Pollock" — and Kligman sued the filmmakers for ripping off her memoir. The obit doesn't say if she won, lost, or settled. (And I'm not seeing a reported case.)
Mar 6, 2010 · Her death was announced by the artist Jonathan Cramer, a friend. Ms. Kligman was riding in the front seat of the Oldsmobile 88 convertible the August night near the Springs, N.Y., when Pollock,...
Aug 22, 2012 · The nickname “death-car girl,” bestowed upon her by poet Frank O’Hara, haunted her for the rest of her life. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Pollock’s birth. It has been a good ...
- Lesley M. M. Blume
On August 11, 1956, Pollock had been drinking all day before speeding and losing control of the car in which they and Edith Metzger were traveling. Pollock and Metzger died in the crash. Kligman was thrown free and suffered serious injuries. [1]
Nov 25, 2013 · The picture was taken by her friend Edith Metzger at two o'clock in the afternoon of Pollock's "death-day," as Ruth calls it. ... In 1957, a year after Pollock's death, Kligman became involved ...
- unknown@hearst.com
Oct 9, 2018 · She also notes particularly that Edith Metzger, a friend of Pollock’s mistress Ruth Kligman, who died in the accident with him, was not dead beforehand, as she is in the book, courtesy fictional license.
Mar 7, 2010 · Kligman was riding in the front seat of the Oldsmobile convertible the August night near the Springs, New York, when Pollock, after a day of drinking, ran the car off the road and flipped it, killing Edith Metzger, a young friend of Kligman’s, and himself.
