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Lorraine disappeared from public view in 1941, sometimes going by her mother's purported maiden name, Mary Ann
Brennan. She died on April 17, 1955, in New York City. She was widely believed to have been 63 years old at the time of her death but may have been 61. Her funeral, which was held at
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Lillian (sometimes transcribed as Ealallean) Jacques (her publicity claimed she was born on New Year's Day in San Francisco, California) to Mollie and Charles Jacques (or De Jacques). Her father was a miner whose roots were in
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first wife. Lorraine and
Gresheimer remarried in May 1913. Three months later, Lorraine filed to have the marriage annulled after claiming that Gresheimer misrepresented himself.
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