In a strange twist of fate, her twin brother Knut suffered an embolism
in Oslo in 1969 after learning of his sister's death, also from an
embolism in Mexico City. He recovered and died in 1994.
Knut Haukelid gained
fame as a war hero. A leader of the Norwegian Resistance during WWII,
his story was eventually told in the movie
The Heroes of Telemark (1965). He was portrayed by
Richard Harris (as Knut Straud).