benefits at a gay and lesbian health center in Boston, Massachusetts. Following her publicized nervous breakdown in 1996, she also spoke outwardly about her struggles with mental health and her bipolar disorder diagnosis. In 2001, she was awarded the Courage in Mental Health Award from the California Women's Mental Health Policy Council for her public dialogue on mental illness. Death Kidder died on May 13, 2018, at her house in Livingston, Montana, at the age of 69. Kidder's death was ruled a suicide by overdose. Kidder had been scheduled to appear at the Motor City Comic Con event in Novi, Michigan later that week. Kidder's friends have related that she had had poor health in recent years, particularly following her lengthy stay at the Standing Rock protest camp in 2016, often enduring frigid temperatures. DC Comics stated on its Twitter feed: "Thank you for being the Lois Lane so many of us grew up with. RIP, Margot Kidder." After her death, director Ted Geoghegan, who knew the actress, stated: Kidder was cremated, and her ashes were scattered by her brother John in childhood-favorite locations in Canada, as well as in Montana, amongst lilies often eaten by grizzly bears, partially fulfilling Kidder's wish to "have her body just left out there for the bears." Notes Citations General sources External links Article: From paranoid delusions to orthomolecular medicine Canadian Film Encyclopedia The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar Margot Kidder (Aveleyman) Brodesser-Akner, Taffy. "Margot Kidder," New York Times, December 27, 2018. 1948 births 2018 deaths 2018 suicides Actresses from Montana Actresses from the Northwest Territories American anti–nuclear weapons activists American atheists American people of Canadian descent American people of English descent American people of Welsh descent American film actresses American environmentalists American women environmentalists American social democrats American television actresses American voice actresses Canadian atheists Canadian emigrants to the United States Canadian environmentalists Canadian women environmentalists Canadian film actresses Canadian people of American descent Canadian people of English descent Canadian people of Welsh descent Canadian television actresses Canadian voice actresses Best Actress Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Daytime Emmy Award winners Drug-related suicides in Montana Female suicides Canadian LGBT rights activists American LGBT rights activists Montana Democrats People from Livingston, Montana People from Yellowknife People with bipolar disorder 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses Canadian Film Centre alumni Havergal College alumni Naturalized citizens of