After the death of their mother, the sisters felt free to write about her without risking a lawsuit. Gypsy: A Memoir was published in 1957 and served as inspiration for the Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents 1959 … See more

Lee died of lung cancer in Los Angeles in 1970, aged 59. Upon her death, she left an estate valued at US$575,000 (US$4,000,000 in 2021). She is buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California. … See more

• The song "Zip" from the musical Pal Joey, written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, imagines the thoughts and musings that go through Gypsy Rose Lee's mind while she strips onstage as recounted by way of an interviewer … See more

• The G-String Murders (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1941).
• Mother Finds a Body (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1942).
• Gypsy: A Memoir (New York: Harper & Bros., 1957)… See more