Frances Kroll Ring

Frances Kroll Ring was born to a furrier in The Bronx, New York in 1916. As a child, she and her family moved to Los Angeles. In 1939, she became F. Scott Fitzgerald's last secretary, working for him until his death in late 1940. After he passed away, Frances Kroll Ring would work as a reader at Paramount Pictures, then marry a Cadillac salesman and have two children. When he died in 1965, she went back to work.

At the time of her death in June 2015, she was one of the last living links to the famous writer. She is survived by two children and two grandchildren.