She also suffered mental health problems like her mother, and was a private patient of psychiatrist Foster Kennedy. Her social status and beauty resulted in frequent invitations to high society parties, allowing her to date various wealthy admirers. She was recognized for her beauty, posing for painters and modeling with Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. After the life insurance payment had been collected, Barbara and her mother moved to New York City, taking up residence in the Delmonico Hotel.Īs a young woman living in New York City, Barbara became a prominent socialite.
In January 1933, when Barbara was aged 11, her father, Frank, committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning from the exhaust of his car in the garage. ( December 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)īarbara Daly was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources.
