She performed in summer stock, and in 1968 she appeared in a sketch on The Red Skelton Show, then traveled with her father to Europe to entertain servicemen's families.
[3] At 9 a.m. on October 4, 1969, Linkletter jumped out of a window of her sixth-floor apartment at the Shoreham Towers in West Hollywood, California.
Her father blamed her death, which the media widely reported at the time, on drug use, specifically LSD.
He also stated that Linkletter had used LSD in the six months prior to her death and the two discussed a "bum trip" she had experienced.
Police questioned Edward Durston, who said that Linkletter had phoned him the night before her death and "was very upset" and asked him to come over.