Monday, May. 03, 1948
Born. To Marion Hargrove, 28, wartime humorist (See Here, Private Hargrove), and Alison Pfeiffer Hargrove, 25: their third child, first daughter; in Manhattan. Name: Penelope. Weight: 7 Ibs. 12 oz.
Married. Lana Turner Shaw Crane', 28, gay, gregarious cinemactress; and Henry J. ("Bob") Topping, 34, gay, gregarious tinplate heir; three days after he was divorced by Arline Judge Ruggles Topping (Bob's brother Dan) Addams Ryan Topping, 36; each for the fourth time; in Bel-Air, Calif.
Married. James Henry Roberts ("Jimmy") Cromwell, 51, longtime playboy, short-time U.S. Minister to Canada (1940); and Maxine MacFetridge, 37; he for the third time (his second: Doris Duke), she for the second; in Washington.
Married. Bernarr Macfadden, 79, hardy perennial of the muscles-&-diet cultists, publisher (True Story), Florida gubernatorial candidate, grandfather of nine; and Jonnie Lee Schlegel, 42, fluffy blonde interior decorator and diet enthusiast, grandmother of one; he for the third time, she for the second; in Miami Beach, Fla. Guests washed down the whole-wheat wedding cake with champagne and/or carrot juice. "He wanted a woman with charm, sex appeal and intelligence," the bride explained, "and I guess I was the first one to fill the bill completely."
Died. Count Guillaume de Beauharnais, 43, great-grandson of Napoleon's Empress Josephine (by her first husband); of malnutrition; in Marseille, France. An itinerant musician, the count later turned window washer and ended up a beggar.
Died. Peter Arrell Brown Widener II, 52, third-generation heir to the fortune of Traction Magnate Peter I, heir to the horse racing & breeding interests of art-collecting Joseph Early; of a heart ailment; in Philadelphia. Until he was 30 he took no interest whatsoever in horses; then Fair Play, the sire of Man O'War, suddenly caught his fancy and he took up the family's favorite sport with enthusiasm. He became head of Florida's Hialeah Park in 1939 and boss of Elmendorf Farm after his father died in 1943. In his autobiography (Without Drums) he described himself as a "horrible example of what an empty existence it is to be a son of great wealth, sheltered from reality and surrounded by a sea of snobbery."
Died. Wallace Morgan, 74, past master of magazine illustration; of a heart ailment ; in Manhattan. A cartoon character, Fluffy Ruffles, made him a name in the early 1900s, and his World War I battle sketches made the name famous; since then his limber-lined drawings have given many a national magazine a lift.
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