Quoted:
I remember her. She drowned in Mexico on vacation, I think.
Sounds suspicious:
In January 1985 Wayne and her companion Edward Durston were vacationing at the Las Hadas Resort in Manzanillo Colima, Mexico. After an argument with Durston, Wayne reportedly left to take a walk on the beach. Wayne's body was found three days later in the shallow bay by a local fisherman. In her final interview on The Tonight Show, while discussing her role in her upcoming movie Surf II, Wayne told Carson she couldn't swim.
After the discovery of Wayne's body, authorities discovered Durston had checked out of the resort the day the couple argued, leaving Wayne's luggage at the airport. An autopsy performed in Mexico later revealed no signs of drugs or alcohol in Wayne's body.[3] Her death was eventually ruled as "accidental".
Carol Wayne was cremated. At the time of her death, her son Alex was approximately 13 years old.
In 2000 the series Mysteries and Scandals explored the circumstances surrounding Wayne's death.