Editing Hedy Lamarr (section)

==Later years==
Lamarr became a [[naturalized citizen]] of the United States at age 38 on April 10, 1953. Her [[autobiography]], ''[[Ecstasy and Me]]'', was published in 1966. She said on TV that it was not written by her, and much of it was fictional.<ref name=Griffin>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muYlAsUDibE |title=Hedy Lamarr, 1969 TV Interview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003025034/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muYlAsUDibE |archive-date=October 3, 2017}} on ''[[The Merv Griffin Show]]'' with [[Woody Allen]], 1969</ref> Lamarr later sued the publisher, saying that many details were fabricated by its [[ghost writer]], Leo Guild.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hedy Lamarr Loses Fight to Stop Autobiography|newspaper=The Tuscaloosa News|page=12|date=September 27, 1966|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19660927&id=73ohAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SooFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4084,4060061|via=Google Newspapers}}</ref><ref>"Hedy Lamarr Loses Suit to Halt Book", ''The New York Times'', September 27, 1966, p. 74.</ref> Lamarr, in turn, was sued by Gene Ringgold, who asserted that the book plagiarized material from an article he had written in 1965 for ''Screen Facts'' magazine.<ref>"Lamarr Autobiography Prompts Plagiarism Suit", ''The New York Times'', February 7, 1967, p. 18.</ref>

In the late 1950s, along with former husband W. Howard Lee, Lamarr designed and developed the Villa LaMarr ski resort in Aspen, Colorado.<ref>''[https://issuu.com/theaspentimes/docs/atw322/14 Hedy Lamarr in 1950s Aspen]'', The Aspen Times Weekly (March 22, 2012)</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ypCyObpZaGoC&dq=Villa+Lamarr+aspen&pg=PA194 Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film] (2010), pg. 194</ref>

In 1966, Lamarr was arrested in Los Angeles for [[shoplifting]]. The charges were eventually dropped. In 1991, she was arrested on the same charge in [[Orlando, Florida]], this time for stealing $21.48 worth of laxatives and eye drops.<ref>[http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/lifestyles/google-doodle-the-day-who-hedy-lamarr/zAmPTxcmrlWo2HwlR1iK5K/ "Google Doodle of the day: Who is Hedy Lamarr?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419104505/http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/lifestyles/google-doodle-the-day-who-hedy-lamarr/zAmPTxcmrlWo2HwlR1iK5K/ |date=April 19, 2017}}, ''Palm Beach Post'', November 9, 2015.</ref><ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/08/02/Hedy-Lamarr-accused-of-shoplifting/7192681105600/ Hedy Lamarr accused of shoplifting from Orlando drugstore], UPI, Aug. 2, 1991</ref> She pleaded no contest to avoid a court appearance, and the charges were dropped in return for her promise to refrain from breaking any laws for a year.<ref>{{cite web|last=Salamone |first=Debbie |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1991/10/24/hedy-lamarr-wont-face-theft-charges-if-she-stays-in-line/ |title=Hedy Lamarr Won't Face Theft Charges If She Stays In Line |date=October 24, 1991 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324100819/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1991-10-24/news/9110240390_1_hedy-lamarr-tabscott-stealing |archive-date=March 24, 2012 |publisher=Orlando Sentinel |url-status=live |access-date=June 10, 2010}}</ref>

===Seclusion===
The 1970s was a decade of increasing seclusion for Lamarr. She was offered several scripts, television commercials, and stage projects, but none piqued her interest. In 1974, she filed a $10 million lawsuit against [[Warner Bros.]], claiming that the running parody of her name ("Hedley Lamarr") in the [[Mel Brooks]] comedy ''[[Blazing Saddles]]'' infringed her right to privacy. Brooks said he was flattered. The studio settled out of court for an undisclosed nominal sum and an apology to Lamarr for "almost using her name". Brooks said that Lamarr "never got the joke".<ref name="DVD">Interview: Mel Brooks. ''Blazing Saddles'' (DVD). Burbank, California: Warner Brothers Pictures/Warner Home Video, 2004; {{ISBN|0-7907-5735-4}}.</ref>{{sfn|Barton|2010|p=220}} In 1981, with her eyesight failing, Lamarr retreated from public life and settled in [[Miami Beach, Florida]].<ref name="shearer"/>

A large [[Corel]]-drawn image of Lamarr won [[CorelDRAW]]'s yearly software suite cover design contest in 1996. For several years, beginning in 1997, it was featured on boxes of the software suite. Lamarr sued the company for using her image without her permission. Corel countered that she did not own rights to the image. The parties reached an undisclosed settlement in 1998.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://hedylamarr.at/news1e.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706092646/http://hedylamarr.at/news1e.html|date=April 7, 1998|title=Hedy Lamarr Sues Corel|archive-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|work=[[Wired News]]|date=November 30, 1998|title=Corel Caves to Actress Hedy Lamarr|url=https://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1998/11/16544|last=Sprenger|first=Polly|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615055123/http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1998/11/16544|archive-date=June 15, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Lamarr has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6247 [[Hollywood Boulevard]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce|title=Hedy Lamarr|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/hedy-lamarr|access-date=November 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111142742/http://www.walkoffame.com/hedy-lamarr|archive-date=November 11, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Los Angeles Times Hollywood Star Project|title=Hedy Lamarr|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/hedy-lamarr|access-date=November 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115011241/http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/hedy-lamarr/|archive-date=November 15, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> adjacent to [[Hollywood and Vine|Vine Street]] where the walk is centered.

Lamarr became estranged from her older son, James Lamarr Loder, when he was 12 years old. Their relationship ended abruptly, and he moved in with another family. They did not speak again for almost 50 years. Lamarr left James Loder out of her will, and he sued for control of the US$3.3 million estate left by Lamarr in 2000.<ref name=jloder>{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2000/10/30/court-to-weigh-plea-of-lamarrs-estranged-son/|title=Court To Weigh Plea of Lamarr's Estranged Son|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=October 30, 2000 |access-date=May 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217211817/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2000-10-30/news/0010300415_1_lamarr-loder-hedy|archive-date=February 17, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> He eventually settled for US$50,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2001/01/26/hedy-lamarrs-adopted-son-trades-claim-to-estate-for-50000/|title=Hedy Lamarr's Adopted Son Trades Claim To Estate For $50,000|date=January 26, 2001 |access-date=April 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113043350/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2001-01-26/news/0101260305_1_loder-lamarr-hedy|archive-date=November 13, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the last decades of her life, the telephone became Lamarr's only means of communication with the outside world, even with her children and close friends. She often talked up to six or seven hours a day on the phone, but she spent hardly any time with anyone in person in her final years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hedy Lamarr: The Hollywood starlet who helped invent WiFi |url=https://www.history.co.uk/article/the-life-of-hedy-lamarr-historys-forgotten-hollywood-genius#:~:text=Her%20remaining%20years%20were%20spent%20in%20seclusion,%20often%20only%20communicating%20with%20those%20on%20the%20outside,%20including%20her%20family%20and%20children,%20via%20the%20telephone |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=Sky HISTORY TV channel |language=en}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

===Death===
[[File:Wiener Zentralfriedhof - Gruppe 33 G - Grab von Hedy Lamarr.jpg|thumb|upright|Memorial to Hedy Lamarr at Vienna's [[Zentralfriedhof|Central Cemetery]] (Group 33G, Tomb n°80)]]
Lamarr died in [[Casselberry, Florida]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2000/01/20/hedy-lamar-1913-2000/ |title=Hedy Lamar: 1913–2000 |last=Moore |first=Roger |date=January 20, 2000 |work=Orlando Sentinel |access-date=April 27, 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115015514/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2000-01-20/news/0001200121_1_hedy-lamarr-casselberry-white-cargo |archive-date=November 15, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> on January 19, 2000, of heart disease, aged 85.<ref name="shearer"/> Her son Anthony Loder spread part of her ashes in Austria's [[Vienna Woods]] in accordance with her last wishes.<ref name="calling"/>

In 2014, a memorial to Lamarr was unveiled in Vienna's [[Zentralfriedhof|Central Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelocal.at/20141107/hollywood-pinup-and-inventor-given-vienna-grave|title=Memorial to Hollywood pin-up|work=thelocal.at|date=November 7, 2014|access-date=May 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721024351/http://www.thelocal.at/20141107/hollywood-pinup-and-inventor-given-vienna-grave|archive-date=July 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The remainder of her ashes were buried there.<ref name=Ehrengrab>{{Cite web|last=Presse-Service|date=November 7, 2014|title=Archivmeldung: Hedy Lamarr erhält Ehrengrab der Stadt Wien|url=https://www.wien.gv.at/presse/2014/11/07/hedy-lamarr-erhaelt-ehrengrab-der-stadt-wien|access-date=2021-11-15|website=Presseservice der Stadt Wien|language=de}}</ref><ref name=VDFW>{{Cite web|title=Verstorbenensuche Detail – Friedhöfe Wien – Friedhöfe Wien|url=http://www.friedhoefewien.at/verstorbenensuche-detail?fname=Hedwig+Eva+Maria+Kiesler&id=0A3A7LC328&initialId=0A3A7LC328&fdate=2014-11-07&c=046&hist=false|access-date=2021-11-15|website=friedhoefewien.at|language=de-DE}}</ref>