How the 'most beautiful woman in the world' who dominated Hollywood and even created a vital US Army WWII invention spent her final years a reclusive loner in small Florida town Hedy Lamarr helped create the tech behind the telephone and wireless internet She died in a humble three-bedroom home in Florida in January, 2000 By Germania Rodriguez Poleo For Dailymail.Com Published: 20:40, 22 May 2024 | Updated: 10:32, 23 May 2024 e-mail 151 shares 666 View comments Once dubbed the world's most beautiful woman, Hollywood siren and legendary inventor Hedy Lamarr spent her last years in a humble home in Florida . Despite being one of the most important inventors of the 20th century, she lived her last days in solitude, far from the Hollywood glare, in a three-bedroom home in Casselberry, 20 minutes outside Orlando.
Described as a recluse during her last years, Lamarr died at the age of 85 in January, 2000, never having been fully recognized for her invention that helped change the world. 'Mom visited friends in Florida & just ended up staying there,' Lamarr's daughter Denise Loder-DeLuca told Click Orlando . It was an unexpecting ending to a woman who defied every expectation of women at the time, helping to create the technology behind the telephone and wireless internet in an effort to help the allies during World War II .
Once dubbed the world's most beautiful woman, Hollywood siren Hedy Lamarr spent her last years in a humble home in Florida Lamarr, born in Austria, captured Hol.