Conversation so far:
Was Mae West healthy during Mae West's final decade?
After the fall, West was unable to speak and was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, where tests revealed that she had suffered a stroke.
What happened after that?
She died on November 22, 1980, at the age of 87.

Question: Did she do anything significant before she got sick?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Mae West do anything significant before she got sick?