Death
Rogers spent winters in Rancho Mirage and summers in Medford, Oregon. She continued making public appearances (chiefly at award shows) until suffering a stroke that left her partially paralyzed and wheelchair dependent. Rogers died at her Rancho Mirage home on April 25, 1995, at the age of 83. An autopsy was performed in compliance with a California law that required post-mortem examination on anyone who had not received medical treatment within 40 days of death (despite her stroke, Rogers never saw a doctor or went to a hospital) and concluded that the cause of death was actually a heart attack. She was cremated and her ashes interred in the Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Chatsworth, California, with her mother's remains.
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