The Life And Tragic Death Of A Forgotten Starlet Mention the name Jenny Maxwell and many people - including classic film and TV buffs, probably won't know who you're talking about, but the moment you mention the girl Elvis Presley spanked in Blue Hawaii (1961) , they may have a hint of recognition. Other than that, she's not particularly well-remembered today, but she had a fairly prolific career in television and appeared in four feature films. The only other reason people may know her name is because of the mystery surrounding her untimely death at age 39. It was not just a tragically early death, but a brutal one - she died of a gunshot wound to the head, in the lobby of her Beverly Hills condominium on June 10, 1981. Her estranged husband, attorney and former sheriff's deputy Ervin "Tip" Roeder (pronounced Raider) had also been shot and had been taken to the hospital, where he too, would die of his wound a few hours lat...