EDIE SEDGWICK: TIMELINE
1943: Edie is born in Santa Barbara, California to a blue-blooded American family – the 7th of 8 children -- and grows up surrounded by wealth and privilege, but also familial mental illness.
1962: Edie is hospitalized at Silver Hill Mental Hospital, suffering from anorexia
1964: Edie's brothers, Minty and Bobby, both die in separate tragic incidents – yet later that year, Edie's life changes dramatically when she moves from Cambridge, Massachusetts to Manhattan, where she makes a dramatic impact
1965: Edie begins her ascent as a counter-culture superstar after she meets Andy Warhol and starts becoming a regular at The Factory. She soon stars in a succession of Warhol's films, including POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL, VINYL, BEAUTY #2 and CHELSEA GIRLS.
1965: Zooming to the pop culture forefront, and becoming a household name, Edie is featured in Vogue Magazine as a “Youthquaker” and gets a full layout in Life Magazine
1966: The Velvet Underground release the song “Femme Fatale” written about Edie at Warhol's request
1966: Edie and Andy make a public split. Edie starts living in the Hotel Chelsea, where she becomes part of New York City's burgeoning folk-rock scene
1967: Edie begins shooting her final film, CIAO MANAHATTAN. That same year she is committed to the hospital for drug addiction and returns to her family in California
1969: Edie meets Michael Post, who she will later marry
1971: Edie marries Michael Post and attempts to get clean of drugs, but does not succeed. On the night of November 15, 1971, she attends a fashion show at the Santa Barbara Museum. In the morning, her husband finds her dead. The coroner's report rules that it was an accidental suicide by barbituate overdose. Edie is buried in the family's Oak Hill Cemetery.
