- Born
- Died
- Virginia Lucille Jones was born on April 23, 1909 in Amarillo, Texas, USA. She is known for Omnibus (1967), One Moment Please (1956) and This Is Your Life (1950). She was married to Benjamin Abraham Price and Oliver Hardy. She died on October 8, 1986 in Burbank, California, USA.
- SpousesBenjamin Abraham Price(November 11, 1960 - February 24, 1986) (his death)Oliver Hardy(March 7, 1940 - August 7, 1957) (his death)
- Letters about her happy life with "Babe" Hardy are recounted in John McCabe's biography, "Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy".
- Her ashes and those of her second husband, Ben, are interred just a few feet from Ollie's in the Garden of Hope section of Pierce Bros. Valhalla Park, in North Hollywood, California. They are next to a wall bearing a plaque placed in commemoration of the comic genius of Oliver Hardy.
- She passed away at St. Joseph's hospital in Burbank, California.
- In later years, she regretted that Ollie had followed the dubious treatment plan of a doctor who placed him on a diet of only beets and beet juice, which led to him losing over 125 pounds in a matter of weeks, after which he suffered a series of strokes.
- She met Oliver Hardy as a script girl working on "Flying Deuces" in 1939. They were married in Las Vegas the next year.
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