Erin Fleming(1941-2003)

Erin Fleming was a highly ambitious Canadian actress who was Groucho Marx's controversial guardian from circa 1969 until his death in 1977. His family sued to have her removed from that status, saying she was pushing him into public performances against doctors' advice after he had suffered a series of minor strokes. She was considered mentally unstable and was reportedly living as a bag lady in Los Angeles in the last years of her life. She died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 2003.