Rita Hayworth press release stated the target date for fulfillment of the stamp and Academy Award to be on October 17, 2018, on what will be the centennial of Hayworth's birth. The film "I Remember Better When I Paint" (2009) describes how Hayworth took up painting while struggling with Alzheimer's and produced art. Hayworth is frequently mentioned in the 2005 album "Get Behind Me Satan" by the White Stripes. When asked about the multiple references to the actress, song writer Jack White said she became an “all encompassing metaphor” for the album. Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17,
Jewel Carmen with Fox. Carmen later became known for her connection to the scandal surrounding the death of actress Thelma Todd. She was the wife of Roland West, who had an extramarital affair with Todd and who came under suspicion following Todd's death of carbon monoxide poisoning. Todd died in a garage at Castillo del Mar, the former home of Carmen and West, where Carmen's parents were living. There were a number of factors which made the death suspicious, including that Todd was allegedly spotted or spoken to several times the day after she died; Carmen herself testified before the grand jury