In the series “High Desert,” how did Peggy’s mother Rosalyn die?

In the series High Desert,” Peggy Newman (played by Patricia Arquette) is the main character who is a former drug dealer and a costumed cancan dancer in a Wild West theme park. Peggy’s mother, Rosalyn (played by Bernadette Peters), has passed away prior to the events of the show. In the series, Peggy Newman’s mother’s passing has a major impact on her emotional development and her continuous battles with addiction and bereavement. Here (tvacute.com) we know everything.  What was the cause of Peggy’s mother’s death?

How did Peggy’s mother Rosalyn die?

In the TV series “High Desert,” Peggy Newman’s mother, Rosalyn, dies due to natural causes. Peggy’s siblings tell her in the first episode that they need to sell their mother’s home since they can no longer pay the mortgage. This information suggests Rosalyn was ill and needed ongoing care. Peggy looked after her mother while her siblings took care of the money. Over time, Rosalyn’s health declined, and she eventually passed away from her illness, which was probably brought on by advancing age.

In the climactic episode, Peggy confides in Dianne and shares a disturbing fact about the night their mother passed away. The state of her mother had angered and upset Peggy. Due to her dementia, Rosalyn had a temperature and was disoriented. Rosalyn rejected medical attention and kept talking about traveling to Germany, despite Peggy’s attempts to take her to the hospital. Peggy turned to drugs as a result of being emotionally and situationally overburdened. She took the drugs her mother had been taking from the hospital long after Rosalyn had passed away.

Peggy lost track of time while high and became disoriented, not paying attention to what was happening to her mother. Rosalyn’s fever remained in the interim, and without the proper care, she passed tragically from her condition. Peggy found her mother’s lifeless body when she regained consciousness and the medicines wore off. Peggy’s spiral of remorse and self-destruction is fueled by her regret about missing her mother’s final moments and feeling responsible for her death.

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Olivia Wilson is the senior news writer for TV Acute. She spends too much money on collectables and is enamored with movies, comics, and television series. She loves binge-watching and can spend hours talking about movies and TV shows. She can immerse herself into a good story no matter the genre or form and only come out from it when she's had her fill. When she's not writing, she's probably cooking or exploring new places. You can follow her daily exploits on Twitter and Facebook.

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