Monday, Oct. 11, 1971
Married. Yul Brynner, 51, the film star with the clean-shaved pate who won an Oscar as the Siamese sovereign in The King and I (1956); and Jacqueline de Croisset, 38, widow of French Publishing Executive Philippe de Croisset; both for the third time; in Deauville, France.
Married. Jacques Chaban-Delmas, 56, French Premier, longtime Gaullist and World War II Resistance leader; and Micheline Chavelet, 42, Haiphong-born Parisian divorcee; she for the second, he for the third time; in Bordeaux, France.
Died. T.C. Jones, 50, one of show business' greatest female impersonators; of cancer; in Duarte, Calif. Jones had studied for the ministry and done a hitch in the Navy before crashing Broadway with his imitations of Tallulah Bankhead, Bette Davis and Luise Rainer in New Faces of '56. After that, he swished his way to further success in nightclubs and on television. "Half the time people don't even know I'm not a woman," Jones once boasted. "When I pulled off my wig at the end of New Faces, one woman said audibly: 'Oh, the poor dear. She's bald.'
Died. Roy W. Moore, 80, who built the Canada Dry Corporation into one of the world's largest manufacturers of beverages; in Bridgeport, Conn. "The president of Canada Dry told a friend of mine he was looking for a man to replace him in time," recalled Moore, "but this man had to have three things: engineering, law and business training. Well, there I was with all three, yes-sir-ree-bob!" After taking charge of the modest firm in 1935, Moore revamped its stagnant sales and distribution operations, licensed independent bottlers abroad, and went beyond the company's cornerstone product, "The Champagne of Ginger Ales," by increasing the number of soft drinks to more than 20 and expanding Canada Dry's liquor line. By the time he stepped down as honorary chairman in 1967, annual sales had climbed from $7.5 million to $187 million.
Died. George Angus Garrett, 83, wealthy Washingtonian who was the first U.S. Ambassador to Ireland; of a heart attack; in Washington, D.C. A partner in the firm of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith from 1940 to his retirement in 1959, Garrett was also a prominent capital host and fund raiser for philanthropic causes. Harry Truman selected him to head the U.S. legation in Dublin in 1947, then promoted him in 1950 when the mission was raised to embassy status. Garrett resigned in 1951, later championed urban redevelopment in Washington as boss of the Federal City Council.
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