Carole photographed by Robert Freude in 1948
Carole at a women's baseball game in April of 1948
A few weeks later she put her home up for sale and signed on to star in the Eagle-Lion film The Amazing X. She spent the month of June preparing to move and finalizing her divorce. According to her maid Rex Harrison came over every night. In late June she sent a letter to her longtime friend Freda. Carole wrote "I am getting ready to start a new picture in about two more weeks. I have sold my house here and am clearing up a lot of personal mattes before returning to England in the middle of August." On July 2, 1948 she went shopping in Beverly Hills with a friend. She bought more than $300 worth of new clothes. Carole told her friend "I've never been so happy in all my life. The sun's shining. It's a wonderful day!". That same afternoon she ran into writer Crawford Dixon on Rodeo Drive. When he asked her about marrying Harrison she replied "Oh, I'd love to marry him but you know how those things are." Crawford said that she looked happy and vivacious. Later that day she went to Star Records at 6525 Sunset Boulevard to make a recording for her fans. Tragically just three days later Carole would be found dead after taking her own life.
Carole in the backyard of her Pacific Palisades home