As for her posthumous party look, Mickey's longtime friend and make-up artist, Sammy Steele III, says, "My goal was to make her look even prettier than she was in real life. Because she was a larger-than-life person."
Her obituary explains:
In New Orleans, Mickey was often seen out and about at parties, dinners, cultural and charitable events, and at New Orleans' finest restaurants. She was always dressed in the latest fashions, champagne or wine glass in one hand, cigarette holder in the other, flashing her trademark smile, and wearing one of her seemingly innumerable dramatically creative hats she was known for.
Which explains the party hat, the feathered boa, and the cigarette holder...
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