[14] Ball married Richard Long on April 11, 1954, at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in Santa Barbara.

Among the 100-plus guests in attendance were fellow UI luminaries Jeff Chandler, Barbara Rush, Rock Hudson, Lori Nelson, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, David Janssen, Julie Adams, Hugh O'Brien, Mala Powers, and Mary Castle.

[15] In 1953, doctors diagnosed Ball with cancer when she developed tumors on her right leg, forcing her to use crutches.

[16] On August 5, 1955, five days after having been released from the City of Hope National Medical Center following more than three weeks of unsuccessful treatment, Ball, at age 22, died at 4:35 P.M. at her home in Beverly Hills.

[17] Dick Powell and June Allyson co-chaired the establishment of the Suzan Ball Memorial Fund in March 1956.