Word: elsa
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...back in the '20s and '30s, or John F. Kennedy (who appeared seven times) and Jackie (Jan. 20, 1961). Among the few nongovernmental couples on the list are the notable names of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and his wife Abby Aldrich, and Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa, who was the subject of a cover story (Dec. 22, 1930) that told how she cared for her great but absent-minded husband. Other couples, such as Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne (Nov. 8, 1937), have appeared on the cover together. And some show business people are somewhat hard...
April in Paris might not be the same without the late Elsa Maxwell, who founded the annual charity ball in New York 13 years ago, and just to be a little different, ended up scheduling it for October. But 1,300 Manhattan socialites, who paid $150 a ticket, made it the kind of blast Elsa would have liked. The theme was Une Nuit sur la Côte d'Azur, in honor of the old girl's favorite playground, and Cannes' Whisky à GoGo discothèque was faithfully reproduced while French-born Decorations Chairwoman Jeanine Levitt...
There was some talk that she had wanted to be cremated and have her ashes scattered over the Adriatic Sea. But no written record of the wish could be found, and so Elsa Maxwell was buried in Hartsdale, N.Y., after a quiet Manhattan funeral. Only 100 gathered to say a final goodbye to the woman who had given thousands of parties for thousands of people, and few of the glittering names she had called "dear" and "darling" were on hand. One mourner there who didn't get much society-gossip-column attention was Dorothy Fellowes-Gordon. And to this...
...Elsa Maxwell could not live without friends: "All I want is love from the world, and that is what I give it." Or enemies: "I go hell-for-leather. People are terrified of me. I can say anything. Isn't that dreadful? I don't hate anyone. I dislike. But my dislike is the equivalent of anyone else's hate...
...Died. Elsa Maxwell, 80, party giver to high society; of heart disease; in Manhattan (see MODERN LIVING...