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The troubled mother portrayed by Cher in the hit 1985 movie "Mask" has died, one month after suffering serious injuries in a motorcycle accident, a report said Tuesday.
Francais "Rusty" Tullis, 70, died in the Beverly Hospital in Montebello, southern California, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reported.
Tullis suffered two broken legs and a punctured lung after her three-wheeled motorcycle slammed into a power pole in Azusa on October 14. Family members quoted by the newspaper said they were told Tullis died of an infection.
Tullis, a psychic reader and former go-go dancer, was portrayed by Cher in the movie "Mask." Tullis' son, Rocky Dennis, who was born with craniofacial disease, which made his head grow to twice its normal size.
He died in 1978 at 16. Her other son, Joshua, died at 32 from AIDS.
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AFP 142015 GMT 11 06
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