In later life, Dee sought help for depression, alcoholism, and faced traumas from her childhood, including sexual abuse by her stepfather. She died in 2005 of complications from kidney disease. Actress Sandra Dee, best known as the irrepressible Gidget of film fame and the wife of singer Bobby Darin, died Sunday in Los Angeles; she was 62. The actress died of complications from kidney. Dee later married another pop icon, singer Bobby Darin. Dee died of complications Sunday morning from kidney disease at the Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, her family said.

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Feb 21, 2005 · In a 1991 interview, Dee revealed she had been sexually abused as a child by her stepfather. She said she turned to pills and alcohol and hit rock bottom after her mother died in 1988. Feb 21, 2005 · Dee married another pop icon, singer Bobby Darin. Dee died of complications Sunday morning from kidney disease at the Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, her. Feb 21, 2005 · Ms. Dee died at 5:57 a.m. at the Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, said Cynthia Mead, nursing supervisor. She died of complications from kidney disease after. Feb 20, 2005 · Former teen movie star Sandra Dee has died at 63. The cause of death was reportedly kidney disease. Dee rose to fame in the beach movie Gidget, going on to roles in Imitation of Life. Feb 21, 2005 · US actress Sandra Dee, who was best known for starring in the 1959 movie Gidget, has died in California. Dee, who was 62, had been suffering from kidney disease and had been on.

Feb 21, 2005 · US actress Sandra Dee, who was best known for starring in the 1959 movie Gidget, has died in California. Dee, who was 62, had been suffering from kidney disease and had been on.