Monday, Nov. 15, 1976
Married. June Allyson, 53, pert, husky-voiced TV, stage and screen star (The Glenn Miller Story, Forty Carats); and David Ashrow, 55, a Ventura, Calif, dentist; both for the third time (Allyson's first husband was Actor Dick Powell); in Palm Springs, Calif.
Separated. Leonard Bernstein, 58, America's fecund musical superstar; and Chilean-born Felicia Montealegre, 54, now appearing on Broadway in Poor Murderer; after 25 years of marriage, three children. It is a trial separation; no divorce plans have been announced.
Died. T.H. (Terance Harold) Robsjohn-Gibbings, 71, elegant designer and interior decorator for such clients as Doris Duke and Aristotle Onassis; of a heart attack; in Athens, where he had lived since 1964. Robsjohn-Gibbings moved to the U.S. from his native London in the '30s and set up shop on Manhattan's East Side. To re-create the "timeless" furniture of the classic period, he spent years studying ancient Grecian art. A sprightly, caustic author, he took on the antiques business and modern art in two bestselling books: Goodbye, Mr. Chippendale (1945) and Mona Lisa's Mustache (1947).
Died. William J. Sparks, 71, co-inventor of butyl rubber and the holder of 145 patents; after a long illness; in Coral Gables, Fla. Joining the Standard Oil Co. (now Exxon) in 1936 as a research chemist, he soon helped develop the synthetic rubber so vital to Allied forces during World War II. Sparks often expressed his concern that young scientists be taught an obligation to society. Said he: "Science without purpose is an art without responsibility."
Died. Emiliano Augusto di Cavalcanti, 79, Brazil's premier painter; following surgery; in Rio de Janeiro. Cavalcanti (known simply as "Di") rejected the military career planned for him in favor of a bohemian life. During the 1920s and '30s, he worked in Paris along with Picasso, Braque and Matisse, then returned to Brazil to paint bright, bold, cubist landscapes and sensuous mulatto women whose skin, he said, "is silk and reflects the sun."
Died. Clarence D. Chamberlin, 83, the first pilot to fly with a passenger on a nonstop transatlantic flight, just two weeks after Charles Lindbergh's historic solo trip in 1927; in Shelton, Conn. Chamberlin was prepared to make the first nonstop trip to Europe weeks before Lindbergh was ready, but legal problems kept his plane on the ground, and Lindbergh set the record. Chamberlin later worked for several aviation companies and in real estate.
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