Word: marda
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Strijdom leaves his gifted pianist widow and a son and daughter. An earlier marriage to Actress Marda Vanne broke up after a year, is rarely mentioned by his Nationalist followers, among whom divorce is shameful. At his death, Strijdom had not cut all ties with Britain (there are economic advantages in staying in the Commonwealth), but the Union Jack is no longer flown, and God Save the Queen is no longer South Africa's anthem. In his honor South Africa's state radio played solemn music and the official anthem, Die Stem van Suid Afrika (The Voice...