Edited sentence: Arguably, Joan Crawford is today best known through the portrayal of her in the film Mommie Dearest, which is considered a cult classic.Christopher contested the will and received $27,500 - he died of cancer on September 22, 2006, at approximately 10:50 am, at the Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport, New York.Christopher was 62 years old.In 1981, the book was made into a film, starring Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford and Mara Hobel and Diana Scarwid as Christina