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Florence “Rusty” Tullis, the strong-willed biker mother of a son with a rare disfiguring disease who was portrayed by Cher in the movie “Mask,” has died.
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Ms. Tullis died of an infection Saturday at Beverly Hospital in Montebello about a month after being injured in a motorcycle accident, her niece, Helen Cunningham, said Tuesday.
“She would never stop riding motorcycles unless something drastic happened,” said Cunningham.
“Well, something drastic happened.”
A one-time go-go dancer with a penchant for drugs and bikers, Ms. Tullis was an unlikely candidate for the limelight.
Even she acknowledged that seeing her and her son Rocky Dennis’ story on the big screen was “a fairy tale,” as she told People magazine after the movie featuring Eric Stoltz as a teenage Rocky hit theaters in
Rocky Dennis, the younger of Ms.
Tullis’ two sons, was born in Tests confirmed that Rocky had an extremely rare disease&n
