Editing Gloria Winters (section)

===Later life===
In 1964, Winters wrote ''Penny's Guide to Teen-Age Charm and Popularity'' ([[Prentice Hall]]), an [[etiquette]] book aimed at young girls, which inspired the [[alternative rock]] band [[Nada Surf]]'s 1996 song and video "[[Popular (Nada Surf song)|Popular]]."<ref name=nyt /> As well, [[Jimmy Buffett]]'s song "[[Pencil Thin Mustache]]" contains a reminiscence about being "bucktoothed and skinny&nbsp;... writin' fan letters to Sky's niece Penny."<ref name=airport>Freeze, Di. [http://www.airportjournals.com/Display.cfm?varID=0601019 "Fan Letters for Sky's Niece Penny"], (Gloria Winters interview), ''Airport Journal'', January 2006. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110707102508/http://www.airportjournals.com/Display.cfm?varID=0601019 WebCitation archive].</ref>

When her husband retired, the two moved to Vista, California.<ref name=airport /> He died in 2001, and Winters succumbed nine years later of complications from [[pneumonia]] at her home.<ref name=legacy>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=144904731 "Obituary: Gloria Vernon-Winters"], Legacy.com via the ''Los Angeles Times'', August 25, 2010. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110610220310/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=144904731 WebCitation archive].</ref> She was survived by her sister-in-law Phyllis DeCinces and was interred alongside her husband at the [[Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery]] in [[San Diego, California|San Diego]].<ref name=legacy />