
Last updated: Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Actress ANGIE DICKINSON has opened up for the first time about her autistic daughter NIKKI's suicide.
The Ocean's Eleven star agreed to talk about the tragedy to fashion bible Vanity Fair for the publication's January (08) issue.
Nikki, 40, took her own life after battling autism-related Asperger's Syndrome
Her mother says, "I miss Nikki so much, but it was her decision. The world was too harsh a place for her."
Dickinson reveals her daughter was the reason she stepped back from Hollywood's glare at the prime of her acting career.
She adds, "Nikki needed me so strongly. It wasn't a sacrifice. Would I have been out working? Yes, if I didn't have a daughter who needed me."
- THE THINGS THEY SAY: ANGIE DICKINSON
- DICKINSON FIGHTS FOR ALZHEIMER'S CURE
- HOUSTON HAPPY TO HAVE DAUGHTER'S TRUST
- HOUSTON KEPT HER FAITH DURING TROUBLED TIMES
- BELLUCCI BORED WITH HOLLYWOOD GLITZ AND GLAMOUR
- ANOTHER WOMAN LINKED TO SIMPSON-ROMO SPLIT
- JACKSON NAMED DAUGHTER AFTER PARIS HILTON
- HOUSTON'S DAUGHTER ENCOURAGED COMEBACK
- TITO: 'MICHAEL'S KIDS ARE 100 PER CENT HIS'
- COOPER SHOCKED BY DAUGHTER'S GAY SHOWER PAL
Source: WENN
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