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Evelyn Nesbit Affair

Evelyn Nesbit (December 25, 1884 – January 17, 1967) was an American artists' model and chorus girl, noted for her entanglement in the murder of her ex-lover, architect Stanford White, by her first husband, Harry Kendall Thaw

 

Like so many celebrities, there was tragedy in her life. According to Wikipedia:

 

"She lived quietly for several years in Northfield, New Jersey. She overcame suicide attempts, alcoholism, and an addiction to morphine, and in her later years taught classes in ceramics. She was a technical adviser on the 1955 movie The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing."

 

 

SHE DIED IN SANTA MONICA IN 1967

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