REPOST: What happened to Captain Kangaroo's Debbie Weems?

[usenetdg]

Read a great book this week about a childhood favorite of mine,
Captain Kangaroo.

The book hinted that Debbie Weems, on the show in the early or mid
70s, had a sad life and may have died. Found little about this on the
internet, just a couple references suggesting that she committed
suicide.

What became of Debbie? I thought the world of her as a kid.

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[Ed]

I was also shocked to have recently learned this. I remember her from
1971 (before whe did the Captain Kangaroo show) performing in a season
of summer stock at a theatre here in Pennsylvania. Young, versatile
actress with a strong voice, she played the leads in MAME, ON A CLEAR
DAY, SOUTH PACIFIC, and, I think, CABARET. Only information I could
find on the web is she commited suicide in 1978 because of a "broken
heart."