Candice Rialson, 1952 - 2006.

Ted Cogswell was among the first within virtual reach to spot the news at the Code Red DVD Blog: "Candice Rialson's been dead for over four months and no one in Hollywood seemed to notice."

Word spread fast and Dennis Cozzalio began gathering what info he could find; Ted Cogswell stayed in contact with Code Red to get the full story.

Tim Lucas gathered remembrances from Allan Arkush and Joe Dante, who directed Rialson in Hollywood Boulevard. Dante: "Though out of the public zeitgeist for over two decades, it should be remembered that Candice was a very hot personality in the drive-in movie world.... [S]he set many an ozoner heart aflutter."

Posted by dwhudson at August 12, 2006 12:40 PM