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Renowned Beauty Passes Away in Central Florida City

    World’s ‘most beautiful woman’ died at this Central Florida city
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    CASSELBERRY, Fla. – Were you aware that Hedy Lamarr, one of the most celebrated actresses of her era, was also a remarkable inventor? She spent her last years living in Casselberry, far from the Hollywood limelight.

    Hedy Lamarr was born as Hedwig Eva Kiesler in Vienna, Austria, in 1914. In 1937, she moved to the U.S. after attracting the attention of Louis B. Mayer from the renowned MGM Studios. Mayer advised her to change her name to something more suitable for Hollywood, thus she became known as Hedy Lamarr.

    Lamarr was determined to be recognized for more than just her looks. Dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world” at the time, she struggled against an early Hollywood culture that wasn’t known for its favorable treatment of actresses.

    It has even been reported Lamarr – and a combination of a few other women – were the inspiration for the looks of Snow White and Cat Woman.

    Austrian-born actress Hedy Lamarr is seen at a benefit for the United Nations Appeal for Children held in Paris, France on June 30, 1948. The gala is held in the Bouglione circus beside the Eiffel Tower. Lamarr is wearing a lace-cuffed evening gown with diamond pendant earrings and necklace. (AP Photo/Levy) ((AP Photo/Levy))

    But Lamarr was more than just a pretty face.

    After starring in several movies and gracing the covers of nearly every magazine in her day, she became frustrated by the roles she was offered while at MGM. When her contract ended, she decided to produce several films herself – something unheard for a woman to do in those days.

    Hedy Lamarr autographs the cement court at the United Service Organizations (USO) Hollywood Canteen as servicemen surround the movie actress, Dec. 13, 1942. (AP Photo) (AP1942)

    Later, with the help of Hollywood composer George Antheil, she is credited with helping invent what is known as frequency hopping in hopes of helping the WWII war effort. The technology she thought, could be used to build jam-proof radio-guided torpedoes.

    Her idea caught the attention of the National Inventor’s Council and in 1942, Lamarr and Antheil received U.S. Patent Number 2,292,387 for their invention. The patent listed her maiden and married name at the time, Hedy Kiesler Markey.

    Unfortunately, the Navy classified their work as top secret, but effectively shelved their idea.

    In another sad twist, the military later rediscovered the idea in the 1950s, and by the 1960s, most of the information technology being developed by or for the armed forces incorporated Lamarr and Antheil’s frequency-hopping concepts.

    That invention now forms the basis of how cell phones, fax machines and other wireless communication works, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

    The pair never received any credit or royalties from the U.S. for their invention. Their patent expired before they realized the military was using their idea.

    Lamarr was honored with the American Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Pioneer Award in 1997.

    She also became the first woman to receive the Invention Convention’s Bulbie Gnass Spirit of Achievement Award.

    In 2014, she was posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

    According to the U.S. Naval Institute, by 2017, “the market value of Lamarr and Antheil’s concept of frequency hopping was estimated at $30 billion.”

    When asked how it felt not being recognized for the invention, Lamarr allegedly replied by quoting a portion of a poem by Kent Keith saying, “The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway.”

    Lamarr was married six times and lived a complex life. It’s said that she was one of the first Hollywood stars to admit to having plastic surgery, with some reports suggesting she became obsessed with the procedures to the point that she no longer looked like the same person. This could be one of the reasons that she was rarely seen in her final years.

    She died Jan. 19, 2000, at the age of 85 in a nondescript, three-bedroom, two-bath home in Casselberry, Florida, where she lived alone, often being described as a recluse.

    A Seminole County sheriff’s deputy clears the street as a van containing the body of Austrian born former movie star Hedy Lamarr pulls away from her home in Casselberry, Fla. Wednesday Jan. 19, 2000. Lamarr, whose exotic glamour and sex appeal sparked a string of hit films of the ’30s and ’40s, was found dead in her home Wednesday. She was 86. (AP Photo/Peter Cosgrove) (AP2000)

    According to Denise Loder-DeLuca, Lamarr’s daughter, “Mom visited friends in Florida & just ended up staying there.”

    While Loder-DeLuca declined a full interview since she gets so many requests, she said she saves the ones she does for young girls inspired by her mother’s accomplishments, “because I’m so proud that Mom is an inspiration to them.”

    Loder-DeLuca pointed me to the documentary “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story” which she said was the best source of information on her famous mother.

    Next time you pick up your cellphone, know that Lamarr played a part in its technology. Google even honored posthumously Lamarr on her 101st birthday with a Google doodle.

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