Posted on 07/16/2004 9:21:03 AM PDT by RightWingAtheist
I've reported that he did indeed marry "Junkyard Sal". This was what I was told by Harry Knowles (who even co-hosted Ebert's movie program briefly).
He said that he talked with Roger and his wife at a restaurant during a film festival.
Roger did "hook up" with the actress who played Junkyard Sal (this according to Russ Meyer on the commentary track for the movie on laserdisc).
I cannot find biographical information on the actress and if she wanted to bury her past, putting out a press release that she "died" is one way to do that.
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