ur ates . ▁In ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 7 , ▁unable ▁to ▁co pe ▁with ▁Sed g wick ' s ▁drug ▁ab use ▁and ▁err atic ▁behavior , ▁Ne uw irth ▁broke ▁off ▁their ▁relationship . ▁ ▁Later ▁years ▁After ▁breaking ▁with ▁Andy ▁War hol ▁and ▁The ▁Factory ▁scene , ▁Sed g wick ▁attempted ▁to ▁for ge ▁a ▁legit imate ▁acting ▁career . ▁She ▁aud ition ed ▁for ▁Norman ▁Mail er . ▁His ▁stage ▁adaptation ▁of ▁his ▁novel ▁The ▁De er ▁Park ▁was ▁being ▁produced . ▁But ▁Mail er ▁" turn ed ▁her ▁down .... — She ▁was ▁very ▁good ▁in ▁a ▁sort ▁of ▁tort ured ▁and ▁wh olly ▁sensitive ▁way — ... She ▁used ▁so ▁much ▁of ▁herself ▁with ▁every ▁line ▁that ▁we ▁knew ▁she ' d ▁be ▁imm ol ated ▁after ▁three ▁performances ." ▁ ▁As ▁fast ▁as ▁D iana ▁V re eland ▁of ▁Vog ue ▁had ▁been ▁to ▁cast ▁aside ▁Ed ie ▁the ▁young ▁American ▁arist ocrat , ▁she ▁now ▁p ounced ▁on ▁a ▁te en - age ▁working - class ▁girl ▁from ▁England , ▁Tw ig gy , ▁whose ▁arrival ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁in ▁March ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁caused ▁close ▁to ▁ri ot ous ▁events ▁among ▁young ▁American ▁follow ers ▁of ▁style ▁and ▁fashion . ▁In ▁that ▁same ▁month , ▁March ▁ 1 9 6 7 , ▁Sed g wick ▁began ▁what ▁may ▁have ▁seemed ▁prop it ious ▁but ▁in ▁fact ▁began ▁her ▁tort ur ous ▁and ▁final ▁decl ine : ▁the ▁shooting ▁of ▁C iao