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Stars Hitched in Gibraltar words | Reg Reynolds
He was one of the leading big band leaders of the 20th century, she was best known as Scarlet O’Hara’s little sister and they were the first American celebrities to be married at Gibraltar. Artie Shaw was the rival of Benny Goodman in the Swing era but he hadn’t led an orchestra or played his clarinet for three years when he married the actress Evelyn Keyes at Gibraltar in the autumn of 1957. Keyes described the event as “anti-climactic” because the couple had been living together for sometime beforehand. She did add, however, “...but still what a great place to start the rest of your life, on the Rock of Gibraltar”.
It was the fourth marriage for Keyes and the eighth for Shaw, tying him with Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney for the second- most married celebrities in Hollywood history. Zsa Zsa Gabor, 96 and currently married to 9th husband Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt is the celeb record holder. Interestingly, Shaw and Rooney, and Keyes and Taylor have connections. Shaw and Rooney were both married to the beautiful
Who Did They Marry? Evelyn Keyes spouses: Artie Shaw (1957 - 1985) John Huston (1946 - 1950) Charles Vidor (1944 - 1945) Barton Leon Bainbridge (1939 - 1940)
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actress Ava Gardner while Keyes had an affair lived with with flamboyant movie producer Mike Todd (Around the World in 80 Days) who left her to marry Taylor. Soon after the marriage Todd was killed in a plane crash. It was the second airplane tragedy to affect Taylor as her much-loved godfather, Tory MP Victor Cazalet, was killed at Gibraltar in the same crash that claimed the life of Polish president-in-exile Wlaydslaw
Artie Shaw’s Spouses: Evelyn Keyes (1957 - 1985) Doris Dowling (1952 - 1956) Kathleen Winsor (1946 - 1948) Ava Gardner (1945 - 1946) Elizabeth Kern (1942 - 1943) Lana Turner (1940 - 1940) Margaret Allen (1934 - 1937) Jane Cairns (1932 - 1932)
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GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE • NOVEMBER 2013