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Barbara Daly Baekeland (September 28, 1921 – November 17, 1972) [1] was a wealthy American socialite who was the ex-wife of Brooks Baekeland, the grandson of Bakelite inventor Leo Baekeland. She was murdered at her London home when her son, Antony Baekeland, stabbed her with a kitchen knife, killing her almost instantly.
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Her first marriage was to singer and actor Eddie Fisher in 1955. [71] They became the parents of Carrie Fisher and Todd Fisher . The couple divorced in 1959 when it was revealed shortly after the death of Elizabeth Taylor 's husband Mike Todd that Fisher had been having an affair with her; Taylor and Reynolds were good friends at the time.
Upon Edward's death from throat cancer in 1972, Wallis traveled to the United Kingdom to attend his funeral, [118] staying at Buckingham Palace during her visit. [119] She became increasingly frail and eventually succumbed to dementia , living the final years of her life as a recluse, supported by both her husband's estate and an allowance from ...
Clark as a child (furthest right), with her family. Clark was born in Gary, Indiana on June 2, 1943. [1] Her parents were Harvey Clark, Jr. and Johnetta Clark. [4] They met while attending Fisk University, and her father served in World War II and worked as a bus driver and the manager of an appliance store.
Judge Lord Wheatley, who presided over the case, blasted her as “a completely promiscuous woman” whose attitude towards marriage was “wholly immoral.” Writer and creator Sarah Phelps says s
Chisholm's first marriage ended in a divorce, which was granted on February 4, 1977, in the Dominican Republic. [82] Later that year, on November 26, [82] she married Arthur Hardwick Jr., a former New York State Assemblyman whom Chisholm had known when they both served in that body and who was now a Buffalo, New York, liquor-store owner. [15]