Mistinguett
She still performed in nightclubs when she was 72 years old. In 1954 she wrote her autobiography. Its title in English was Mistinguette, Queen of the Paris Night. Mistinguett suffered a stroke on Christmas Eve 1955. She was staying at her brother's house in Bougival, a suburb of Paris. She died two weeks later. She never married, but she had one son, Léopoldo João de Lima e Silva. His father was a diplomat from Brazil. Her son was with her when she died.