Rotha Lintorn-Orman - Final Years

Final Years

Dependent on alcohol and other drugs, rumours about her private life began to damage her reputation, until her mother stopped her funding amid lurid tales of alcohol, other drugs and orgies. She died in March 1935, with her organisation all but defunct.

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