recovering well in rehabilitation in Los Angeles and was expected to continue her efforts in film production as well as arts and UNESCO promotion. According to news reports, amputee celebrity Heather Mills (Lady McCartney) took a personal interest in her rehabilitation. However, Dassanowsky died October 2, 2007 in Los Angeles of heart failure. She was interred in a grave of honor () at the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna on July 25, 2008. Foundation and posthumous recognition In November 2007, the planned establishment of the Elfi von Dassanowsky Foundation was announced in Vienna. It would continue the pioneering and creative spirit of the late artist by developing awards and grants for emerging women filmmakers. The first phase of this project was complete in late January 2009, when the Elfi von Dassanowsky Fund initiated its program of charitable contributions to non-profit organizations in the U.S. and Europe. The Elfi von Dassanowsky Rose (a tea-rose – floribunda hybrid) also known as the "Elfi" was created by Brad Jalbert of Canada in 2009. It was included in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at the New York Botanical Garden in Spring 2013. The first Elfi von Dassanowsky Prize for work by female filmmakers was presented to Norwegian artist Inger Lise Hansen for Parallax (2009) at the Vienna Independent Shorts Film Festival in June 2010. A minor planet/asteroid, 4495 Dassanowsky, discovered in 1988 by Japanese astronomers Masaru Arai and Hiroshi Mori, was named in her honor in 2014. She was named an Honorary Member of the Association of Austrian Film Producers (AAFP) posthumously in September 2018. Footnotes External links Women's International Center-Living Legacy Award BiografiA Film Reference biography Elfi von Dassanowsky in the Encyclopedia of Austria at AEIOU FemBio Biography Austrian Press Agency release August 12, 2007 Austrian Press Agency release October 1, 2007 Austrian Information on EvD Foundation Elfi von Dassanowsky Foundation 1924 births 2007 deaths People from Mariahilf Musicians from Vienna Austrian classical pianists Austrian women pianists Austrian film producers Austrian women film producers Austrian musical theatre actresses Austrian operatic mezzo-sopranos Burials at the Vienna Central Cemetery Elfi Film producers from California Austrian emigrants to the United States Musicians from Los Angeles Recipients of the Decoration of Merit for Services to the Republic of Austria Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 20th-century Austrian women opera singers 20th-century classical pianists 20th-century women pianists