Robertson, Nan. "CONNIE FRANCIS: COMEBACK TRAIL AFTER 7 LOST YEARS", The New York Times, November 9, 1981. Accessed December 26, 2016. "The rape snapped all connection with the outside world. She plummeted into depression, lying in bed for months at a time, watching television, venturing outside her house in Essex Fells, N.J., only to visit her secretary, Anne Fusari, nearby and watch more television."