He was a U.S. Navy veteran with a love of fishing, hunting, gambling and hydro-plane racing. (Welles biographer/nemesis Charles Higham claimed Welles lined up commercial work for his middle daughter after learning of her financial plight). A stipend from Hayworth ceased after Rebecca Welles wed, though she inherited money after the death of her parents.

He said he had occasional contact with his ex-wife in her final years. Why don't libraries smell like bookstores? Welles died sometime on the morning of October 10, following a heart attack. Dear Guy and family,I am so sorry to hear of your loss.

“Although Becky and I rarely saw one another due to geographical distance and Becky’s reluctance to travel and accept my many invitations to visit me in New York, she was a sweet presence in my life and I still miss her,” she said.

Rebecca grew up and was educated in many places around the world.

“After giving birth, Becky woke up in a private room and never saw her baby.

Rebecca Welles twice expresses a strong desire to see her father, step-mother and half-sister soon.

Rebecca Welles could be difficult, her ex-husband said, adding sympathetically that she had grown up “in a strange world.” To the best of Moede’s knowledge, she (briefly) held only one job, an assistant to a dentist. The relationship between Becky and her famous parents apparently grew apart in the year following her marriage. When I was a little girl, I remember how you had to wait for him to talk first. Most importantly, she characterized her relationship with her famous parents as somewhat estranged and noted that financial support from Hayworth had dried up after college. Hayworth arranged for the adoption, according to Chris Welles Feder. In 1969, Rebecca Welles met her first husband, Tacoma sculptor Perry Moede. I sent her to school and college and she is married, and I think they should be on their own.”, Hayworth added with a laugh, “On the (Dick) Cavett show, Orson said that Rebecca is a girl who’s ‘studying to be a flower child.’ I loved that. Rebecca Welles in a screen capture from 1964’s “Hollywood and the Stars.”. The 27-year-old talked at length about living in poverty next to a slaughterhouse in a crime-infested neighborhood. The material on this site can not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with prior written permission of Multiply. I’m awfully worried about Becky’s visit.

Her most revealing comments about her parents appeared in a seldom seen January 1972 Roto article.

Orson was 70 years old at the time of death. Very, very moody. They wed in March 1970. It doesn’t always bother me but my life here in Tacoma, Wash., is pretty drab right now and if I had the money I’d love to move somewhere else, Europe or even San Francisco.

Rebecca chose the University of Puget Sound for her college education, where she received a degree in the Arts.