Marilyn J. Fried, age 63, was found dead in her apartment in Pasadena,
California on 1 July 2013.  She graduated at the top of her class from
Loyola Law School and was once a partner in a law firm.  But she died
broke with almost no friends or family.  She once owned a home in
Pacific Palisades but after her law firm dissolved and her independent
law practice declined, she lost her home, moved into rental property and
became heavily in debt.  When she got an eviction notice and was being
incessantly dunned by creditors, she contemplated suicide as an
alternative to becoming homeless.  As a result, she was put in a mental
hospital for a few days.  Her two brothers, David and Michael Berkowitz,
died of cancer without leaving any children and she had no sisters and
no children.  Thus her closest relatives are cousins, all of which she
had lost contact with. Thus her parents: Hyman Berkowitz and Lillian
Shapiro (nee) left no descendents in spite of the fact that they had 3
children.  However one cousin (Lillian's niece), Helen Lawyer of
Pasadena, found Marilyn and took her in.  After Marilyn obtained
disability payments, she moved into her own apartment in Pasadena, but
was still being dunned by creditors, one of which obtained a judgement
against her.  Before she died, a neighbor reports that she was very
depressed but the police do not think that she died from suicide
although at this time the cause of death is unknown.  She is survived by
two known cousins and by Marc Fried, her ex-husband.