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Divorced. David Merrick, 54, Broadway's hitster and resident Beelzebub; by Jeanne Gibson Merrick, 38, former publicity director of London's Savoy Hotel; on grounds of "incompatibility of characters"; after 19 months of marriage, one child; in Juárez, Mexico. After the divorce, the ex-Mrs. Merrick placed a public notice in the New York Times: "My husband, David Merrick, having left my bed and board, I will no longer be responsible for his debts...
...David Merrick describes the season as "another year of Merrick." Among the ten shows he is producing are two musicals: / Do! I Do!, based on Jan de Hartog's The Fourposter, starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston; and Breakfast at Tiffany's, which boasts Composer-Lyricist Bob Merrill (Funny Girl), Director Abe Burrows (Cactus Flower) and, as Holly Golightly, Mary Tyler Moore from TV's Dick Van Dyke Show...
...Bobby and Teddy Kennedy begged off (TIME, April 8). A shortage of guests is the only thing that could stop Firing Line from running forever. That wouldn't necessarily put Buckley out of show business. Last week, after taping a program on the U.S. theater, his guest, David Merrick, offered him a Broadway part. Buckley declined. He is his own best producer...
...applaud David O. Merrick's stand on critics [March 25]. For years I have fought a one-man battle against these freeloading character assassins, though they have generally been good to me. It has always been a mystery to me why of all man's endeavors, only the creative arts should be constantly exposed to public and generally destructive criticism...
...that attention to Merrick, entrepreneur, and not a mention of Harvey Sabinson and Lee Solters, his trusty publicists. Eighty percent of what comes out of Merrick's public mouth began in their heads. Even Merrick has been heard to say, "They are the greatest publicists in New York." Well he might. Without them he might be just another successful theatrical producer. (F.Y.I.: I do not work for the gentlemen in question...