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Mimi Weddell, Actress and Hat Devotee, Is Dead at 94

October 6, 2009

Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times

How can this lady's life story NOT serve as inspiration? Did she not embody the true meaning of pluck and spunk!? Will I make time to watch this movie? Absolutely! Why do I imagine her still stirring things up somewhere? Rest -in-Peace, Mimi. . .

MOVIES - The New York Times

By WILLIAM GRIMES
Published: October 6, 2009

Mimi Weddell, who starting in her mid-60s breezily cut a swath
as a model, actress and style setter and whose flamboyant headwear figured
prominently in “Hats Off,” a 2008 documentary about her life, died at
her home in Manhattan on Sept. 24. She was 94.

Read more about her life in the NYT here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/garden/27mimi.html

Read about her life documentary in the NYT here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/movies/06weddell.html

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