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Last week near Albona, Spain, a Rolls-Royce going 87 m.p.h. careened into a culvert, turned over five times. From beneath the wreck were pulled the mangled remains of Prince Alexis Mdivani, divorced husband of Barbara Hutton. His driving companion, a German baroness, bit her tongue off, will never talk again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Blood & Agony | 8/12/1935 | See Source »

Died. Prince Alexis Mdivani, 31, youngest of the three "marrying Mdivanis," onetime husband of Heiresses Louise Astor Van Alen and Barbara Hutton (Countess Haugwitz); in an automobile accident; near Albona, Spain. Seriously injured in the accident was Baroness Maud Thyssen, 28, reported estranged from her husband Baron Heinrich Thyssen. Prince Alexis was rushing Bareness Thyssen from the home of his sister Roussadara, wife of Painter José Maria Sert, to catch a train. Found by newshawks in Germany and informed of her onetime husband's death, Countess Haugwitz said: "I am terribly, terribly sorry. I am not surprised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 12, 1935 | 8/12/1935 | See Source »

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