Edie Sedgwick: Devastating Life Of The 60s Icon Who Enchanted Andy Warhol And Bob Dylan
Edie Sedgwick was a counterculture icon. Her short life was full of extreme highs and lows, leaving Andy Warhol and Bob Dylan in awe just by the way she walked, talked, or wore her leotard.
Edie Sedgwick (full name Edith Minturn Sedgwick ) was born on April 20, 1943. She grew up on a family farm in Santa Barbara with her seven siblings. Her family was not just wealthy: they were the cream of the American society, as her ancestors were Robert Sedgwick, the first prominent general of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, William Ellery, who was a signatory to the Declaration of Independence, and Ephraim Williams, benefactor, and namesake of Williams College.
Edie Sedgwick was in and out of mental institutions. She finally lost her virginity at 20 to a Harvard guy, got t, and had an abortion, citing her mental health issues.
