LCH occurs in children, often during infancy but also in adults. It is usually a chronic disease and may cause severe disabilities due to brain damage. The diagnosis is made by microscopic examination of a tissue specimen obtained by biopsy.
Confidence votes 2.2K. A May 26, 2008, story in People magazine states that Frankie Valli's daughter, Francine, died young of a drug overdose in 1980. The month and day of her death is not stated in the story.
She had two highly publicized marriages, to baseball player Joe DiMaggio and playwright Arthur Miller, which both ended in divorce. She died at the age of 36 on August 5, 1962 from an overdose of barbiturates at her home in Los Angeles.