[2] Clifford Pugh of the Houston Chronicle said that she "wrote about big names for half of the 20th century and became a celebrity in her own right".
[1] Lisa Gray of the Houston Press said that Mesinger "wrote in the swingin' lingo of '40s showbiz".
[1] On Friday January 19, 2001, at The Methodist Hospital, Mesinger died from complications of multiple sclerosis,[5] at the age 75.
[1] On September 9, 2003, the Maxine Mesinger Multiple Sclerosis Clinic at Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital opened.
Mesinger had amassed a collection of antiques, fine art, mementos, and photographs of Hollywood actors and actresses from the second half of the 20th century.