Lee died accidentally on the set of The Crow, and in early April, Bergen held a memorial at her home in Los Angeles with 200 of Lee's family, friends, and business associates attended. Bergen was a liberal-minded, politically active Democrat and feminist. She was an active advocate of the Equal Rights Amendment, women's education, and Planned Parenthood. Bergen's niece is the television producer Wendy Riche. Death Bergen died of natural causes on September 20, 2014 at her home in Southbury, Connecticut, surrounded by family and close friends. She had been diagnosed with emphysema and other ailments in the late 1990s. Upon her death, she was cremated. Filmography Film Television Radio appearances Discography Albums list adapted from AllMusic and Discogs. Albums 1955: Little Girl Blue (10" LP) 1956: The Girls 1956: Today's Hits (EP) 1957: Bergen Sings Morgan (Billboard 200 – No. 10) 1957: The Party's Over (Billboard 200 – No. 20) 1958: Polly and Her Pop (accompanied on guitar & vocals by her father, Bill Bergen) 1959: My Heart Sings – Columbia #CS 8018 – orchestra conducted by Luther Henderson (re-released in 1996) 1959: All Alone by the Telephone 1959: First Impressions – with Farley Granger and Hermione Gingold 1960: Four Seasons of Love 1961: Sings the Hit Songs from Do-Re-Mi and Annie Get Your Gun 1963: Act One, Sing Too Singles 1958: "Come Prima" (Billboard Hot 100 – No. 67) Bibliography References External links Polly Bergen – Madame President Gallery: Polly Bergen in Knoxville, TN 1930 births 2014 deaths Actresses from Indiana Actresses from Tennessee American film actresses American musical theatre actresses American television actresses American stage actresses American entertainment industry businesspeople American memoirists American women memoirists American women in business Columbia Records artists Compton High School alumni Connecticut Democrats Converts to Judaism from Baptist denominations Former Baptists Indiana Democrats Jewish American actresses Jewish women singers Jubilee Records artists RCA Victor artists Torch singers Traditional pop music singers Musicians from Richmond, Indiana Nightclub performers Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Primetime Emmy Award winners People from Knoxville, Tennessee Tennessee Democrats Writers from Richmond, Indiana 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American women