Podcast: What happened to Lora Lee, Part 2

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SCHULENBURG, TX - FEBRUARY 28: An area of the Schulenburg Historical Museum is dedicated to actress Lora Lee Michel who grew up in the city and disappeared from her family and friends on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022 in Schulenburg, TX. Lora Lee Michel is a former child actress of the 1940s, whose life spiraled into hard times. Her family had searched for her for years and ultimately reporter Stacy Perman discovered she had died of cancer. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
An area of the Schulenburg Historical Museum in Texas is dedicated to actress Lora Lee Michel, who grew up in the city and disappeared from her family and friends. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

For over a year, L.A. Times entertainment reporter Stacy Perman tried to track down Lora Lee Michel, a former child star whose custody case scandalized 1940s Hollywood. Michel went through a string of marriages — and then disappeared.

In Part 2 of our miniseries, Perman finds out Michel's shocking fate. Read the full transcript here.

Host: Gustavo Arellano

Guests: L.A. Times entertainment reporter Stacy Perman

More reading:

Podcast: What happened to Lora Lee? Part 1

A child star at 7, in prison at 22. Then she vanished. What happened to Lora Lee Michel?

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This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.