After Ricksen's death, the media extensively reported that her illness had been created through a combination of malnutrition and exhaustion due to her working almost non-stop for twelve years, largely under poor conditions and at the insistence of both her mother and her agents.
The Ricksen family doctor would support this prognosis prior to her death, stating: "She crowded too much work into too short a time, and overtaxed her capacities.
Other youthful stars have done the same thing.
The result is that she has had a complete physical and nervous collapse ...so complete that she has not rallied from it as she should."
Ricksen's death was cited as an example for parents not to exploit their children to showcase their talent.

A photo article of Ricksen is featured in the 2011 film The Artist.
In the film, she is listed as a newcomer in 1929, four years after she had died in real life.
After Ricksen's death, the media extensively reported that her illness had been created through a combination of malnutrition and exhaustion due to her working almost non-stop for twelve years, largely under poor conditions and at the insistence of both her mother and her agents. The Ricksen family doctor would support this prognosis prior to her death, stating: "She crowded too much work into too short a time, and overtaxed her capacities. Other youthful stars have done the same thing. The result is that she has had a complete physical and nervous collapse ...so complete that she has not rallied from it as she should." Ricksen's death was cited as an example for parents not to exploit their children to showcase their talent.
A photo article of Ricksen is featured in the 2011 film The Artist. In the film, she is listed as a newcomer in 1929, four years after she had died in real life.
Lucille Ricksen