Word: brides
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Accomplishments like his 501 wins and the Lester Patrick Award are worth only passing reference in conversations: Kelley's joy are his former players, and particularly the slew of godchildren they've given him. He delights in the memory of having escorted one player's bride-to-be down the aisle when her father was unable to attend the wedding...
When he married after years in the jet set, and she took a fourth husband after lucrative years on her own, cynics noted that starry-eyed New York Governor Hugh Carey was also espousing a fortune and that his exuberant bride, Evangeline Gouletas, was also wedding a political career...
Manotoc also talked of going abroad with his bride until things cleared up, thus suggesting the possibility that he may have slipped away with the hope of later rendezvousing with Imee. But that conjecture disregarded the firm conviction on the part of his family that he had been kidnaped. As for Imee, she was dining out in fashionable restaurants, but friends said she was a "good actress" who was concealing her unhappiness...
Upon returning to the Philippines in mid-December with his bride, Manotoc was bound by the country's law, which does not recognize divorces. He and his wife each lived with their parents but continued to meet nearly every day. Since her husband disappeared, Imee is known to have done two things: she called Manotoc's lawyer and arranged for the return to the palace of her marriage certificate, and she phoned Manotoc's brother Dini to tell him that she had given one of Tommy's shirts to a psychic to meditate over. The psychic...
...Young Award for the league's most outstanding pitcher; and to cap it all, the hand of Linda Margarita Burgos, an elementary schoolteacher from Merida, Mexico. Valenzuela, suited up in a black tuxedo, and Linda, dressed in a $3,000 gown, took their vows in the bride's home town. Valenzuela sneaked into the church by a back entrance to avoid a mob of well-wishers. Outside, many would-be guests were barred from the church by dozens of plainclothes policemen fearful that the crowd would charge the doors. The nuptials, presided over by two bishops...