Death
Jones was diagnosed with colon cancer in March of 1981. She had vomited blood, and when doctors did tests, they discovered that cancer had ravaged her colon, and spread to her liver. Surgeons removed two thirds of her colon, and Carolyn continued on the best she could. She told friends that she was having treatments for ulcers.
In the meantime, Carolyn quietly went through treatment. She worked during the day, and went to the hospital for chemotherapy at night. No one knew. She kept her illness a complete secret. It seemed that the cancer had gone into remission, but in late 1982 it returned and spread. Treatments were ineffective.
Seeing that the end was near, in Sept 1982 Carolyn wed her boyfriend of five years, actor Peter Bailey-Britton. She wore a lace and ribbon cap to hide the fact that she lost her hair to chemotherapy. The wedding was attended by John Astin, Jim Backus, June Allyson, Sally Struthers, Red Buttons, and most of the cast of Capitol. In July of 1983 Carolyn fell into a coma in her home in West Hollywood, California. She died there on August 3, 1983, with her husband at her side. She was 53. Her body was entombed at Melrose Abbey Memorial Park Cemetery in Anaheim, California, beside her mother.
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