Death
She died in 1979 in Glendora, California, aged 75, from undisclosed causes. She was deeply in debt at her death. Rand's adopted son told an interviewer that Sammy Davis, Jr., stepped in and wrote a $10,000 check which took care of Rand's expenses.
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