Born 1934 as Suzanne Ball in Jamestown, New York, American actress Suzan Ball was a second cousin of fellow actress Lucille Ball. She married Richard Long on April 4, 1954, at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in Santa Barbara. Many celebrities attended, including Jeff Chandler, Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, and David Janssen.
In 1953, doctors diagnosed Ball with cancer when she developed tumors on her legs, forcing her to use crutches. Because of the cancer, doctors amputated one of her legs in 1954. She died in 1955 at the age of 21 at the City of Hope Hospital, after a two-year battle.
Take a look at these beautiful photos to see portraits of a very young Suzan Ball in the last years of her life.
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