9, 1924, in New York City, where she grew up studying dance, piano and art. She was extremely dedicated to her art to the point where she could become something of a hermit.”īecket was born Aug. The world will remember Marta for what she created, Sorrells said. Susan Sorrells, who owns the nearby town of Shoshone, California, and knew Becket throughout her time in the desert, said she will remember Marta for her talent and generosity, her sense of humor and her deep love of animals - from her small army of pet cats to the herds of wild horses and burros she fed and ferociously protected near her home. (Mary Walter Scodwell)Ī flat tire brought classically trained dancer Marta Becket to Death Valley Junction, California, in 1967.įor decades, the artist and performer put on one-woman shows inside the Pacific Coast Borax Co.’s old community hall, which she transformed with her paint brush and her passion into the weird and world-famous Amargosa Opera House.īecket died Monday at her home in the near-ghost town of Death Valley Junction, according to Inyo County deputy coroner Jeff Mullenhour. Marta Becket on Februin the Amargosa Opera House, Death Valley Junction.
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