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Died. Edith Bouvier Beale, 81, aunt of Jacqueline Onassis who lived as a recluse in a refuse-strewn, 28-room Long Island mansion with her unmarried daughter Edith, 59, and an army of cats; in Southampton, N.Y. Mother and daughter were nearly evicted in 1972 when neighbors complained. Later they were subjects of a documentary film, Grey Gardens, which some critics felt held them up to ridicule. "Big Edie," however, enjoyed making the film. Said she: "Nobody else wanted to take my picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 21, 1977 | 2/21/1977 | See Source »

...England. A British citizen who claimed descent from Polish kings, Radziwill fled his native land during World War II when the Soviets imprisoned or killed several members of his family. The toothbrush-mustached prince, a naturalized British subject since 1951, became a highly successful London realtor. He met Lee Bouvier Canfield in 1957. After divorcing their respective mates, they were married in 1959, and one year later Radziwill campaigned in U.S. Polish communities for his brother-in-law, Presidential Aspirant John F. Kennedy. The Radziwills, who had two children, were divorced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 12, 1976 | 7/12/1976 | See Source »

...account piqued the interest of David Maysles and his brother Albert, two young film-makers who had produced Gimme Shelter and Salesman. They went to East Hampton in the fall of 1973 and spent five weeks filming Mrs. Edith Bouvier Beale, age 79, and her daughter Edie, 56, then edited the footage into Grey Gardens, a disturbing portrayal of their gothic relationship...

Author: By Seth Kaplan, | Title: An Andy Warhol Camelot | 4/7/1976 | See Source »

Black Jack Bouvier moved into Grey Gardens in between the wars with his wife, his sister Edith and her husband, a lawyer. Then came the Wall Street crash and the Bouvier fortune was smashed. The Bouviers moved out and Edith's husband ran off, leaving her as the sole mistress of the mansion. Jacqueline and Lee Bouvier were brought up there with Edie, who at the time outshone them both--her prospects seemed boundless. But things reversed themselves. Jackie went off to marry Jack Kennedy, Lee became a princess, and Edie was left behind, never quite able to break away...

Author: By Seth Kaplan, | Title: An Andy Warhol Camelot | 4/7/1976 | See Source »

...data from all parts of the globe, the Population Reference Bureau of Washington, D.C., reached a disturbing conclusion: last Sunday, probably sometime in the evening, the world's population reached 4 billion. "If you want to go a step further," said the bureau's chief demographer, Leon Bouvier, "the odds are that the 4 billionth person is a boy born in China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Four Billion, and Counting | 4/5/1976 | See Source »

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