Rita Hayworth’s Heartbreaking Vanishing Act: “She Looked at Me and Said, ‘Who Are You?’” Her Daughter Tells VF

It was supposed to be Rita Hayworth’s epic return to the silver screen. Instead, the Hollywood icon’s role in the 1972 Western The Wrath of God became the last moviegoers ever saw of her. As she faded away in the years that followed, a heart-wrenching disease would come into greater focus. Hayworth herself would not be spared from the worst of it, but countless others around the world would be helped by her story. It’s a bittersweet legacy, but one that continues to this day.