Monday, Sep. 08, 1952
Married. William Warfield, 32, Negro baritone of cinema (Show Boat) and stage (Porgy and Bess); and Leontyne Price, 25, Negro soprano (Porgy and Bess); in Manhattan.
Divorced. By Olivia de Havilland, 36, cinemactress who has twice won Oscars (To Each His Own, The Heiress): Marcus Aurelius Goodrich, 54, hot-tempered one-shot novelist (Delilah); on their sixth wedding anniversary; in Los Angeles. To back up her charge of "incompatibility" Olivia explained to the court that Goodrich 1) never told her he had had four previous wives, 2) had not worked since their marriage, 3) "took exception to something I said . . . said he would kill me." Awarded custody of two-year-old Benjamin, Olivia sighed: "I couldn't bear the idea of divorce ... It was my only marriage and I wanted it to last."
Died. Lamar Trotti, 51, Oscar-winning screen writer (Wilson) and producer (The Ox-Bow Incident, Cheaper by the Dozen); of a heart attack; in Oceanside, Calif.
Died. Muriel Draper, 65, longtime hostess to a never-ending series of causes, from Gurdjieffism to Communist frontery, mother of Dancer Paul Draper and sister-in-law of Monologuist Ruth Draper; after long illness; in Manhattan (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS).
Died. Brigadier General Frederick S. Foltz, 94, U.S. Army (ret.), onetime Indian fighter, West Point's oldest living graduate (class of '79); in Washington. Shortly after his graduation. Foltz, an outstanding rider and marksman, commanded troops stationed on the Canadian border to prevent hostile Indians from escaping into Canada.
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