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Charlotte hikes nearly five miles every morning in Runyon Canyon, Hollywood. 2018.

Charlotte applies lipstick at an intersection in Santa Monica, Los Angeles. She was en route to an open house for an apartment. 2018.

Charlotte has her hair dyed blonde by a cosmetology student in West Hollywood. Always trying to save a buck and receive discounts, Charlotte would sit in the salon for up to seven hours as students experimented with her hair. The dye job was $35.

A photograph of rapper T.I. sits in the closet of Charlotte's Hollywood apartment. 2017.

Charlotte and best friend Peter stand for a portrait on the Sunset Strip. 2018.

Charlotte watches a live metal band perform at the Viper Room in West Hollywood. 2018.

Charlotte photographed at age 14, the year before she got pregnant. 1956.

Charlotte, age 71. Charlotte was an old school LA hustler with a checkered past. She drove Uber up to 80 hours a week in order to pay the bills. She had three sons before the age of 18 and she supported her family by dancing in disco contests. When I met Charlotte at age 70, she was still living the fast life of someone a quarter of her age. Charlotte defied what it means to age in LA.

Charlotte tries on shoes at the ‘Out of the Closet’ thrift store in Hollywood. She bought the shoes for $20. She owned more than 100 pairs of shoes. Her son jokingly calls her Imelda Marcos.

Charlotte poses for a photo for her Craig's List ad offering private tours of Los Angeles for $50/hour. 2018.

Charlotte speaks with an old friend at Edwards-Lowell Furs, the fur vault her friends manage in Beverly Hills. 2018.

Charlotte's old modeling shots from the 70s and 80s.

Charlotte ventures into her storage unit, where she kept her things while she had no apartment and lived in the garage of a friend. 2018.

Charlotte looks for a new apartment in Marina del Rey, open house. She moved into the apartment photographed here2018.

Charlotte takes Alka-Seltzer. 2019.

Charlotte and her sons review her new medications after Charlotte received a stage four cancer diagnosis. 2018.

Charlotte flexes her arm and shows off her new port, a device that makes receiving IVs much less painful. 2019.

Charlotte's best friend Peter poses with the mannequin he dressed in Charlotte's clothes during her memorial service at Edwards-Lowell Furs, the fur vault her friends managed. 2019.

Charlotte's three sons and grandson spread her ashes throughout Runyon Canyon, the place she hiked almost daily before she fell ill.

Charlotte's favorite flower, Birds of Paradise, adorn the walls and doors at her memorial service. 2019.

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