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Last September, 13 days after she became the sixth wife of Singer Sewing Machine Scion Alfred Corning Clark, Alicja Kopczynska Purdom, 32, became his widow. Last week came news that the Polish-born playgirl painter, whose previous marriage to Cinemactor Edmund Purdom was highlighted by clamorous clashes on two continents, had her future sewed up. Ten weeks before he died in his sleep at the family barony of Cooperstown, N.Y., Clark redrew his will to leave to Alicja the bulk of his $10 million estate...
Died. Alfred Corning Clark, 45, heir to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune, just 14 days after he married his sixth wife, 30-year-old Painter Alicja Darr Purdom; in his sleep; in Cooperstown...
Married. Alfred Corning Clark, 45, multimillionaire scion of the Singer Sewing Machine clan; and Alicja Darr (nee Kopczynska) Purdom, 30, Polish-born painter once stormily married to Cinemactor Edmund Purdom; he for the sixth time (in 20 years), she for the second; in Cooperstown...
Since she left her native Mexico 16 years ago, sometime Cinemactress Linda Christian, 33, has mastered most of the trick-or-treat rules of the international set. She racked up a lushly alimonied divorce from Tyrone Power, was the rumored reason for the divorce of British Actor Edmund Purdom. She collected some controversial jewelry from Milwaukee Playboy Robert Schlesinger, kissed the Marquis Alfonso de Portago goodbye before he raced his Ferrari off to death in last year's Mille Miglia in Italy. Linda learned a lot, but last week she proved she was still no match for Brazil...
Married. Edmund Purdom, 30, British-born actor of screen (The Egyptian) and TV; and Alicja Darr, 26, Polish-born blonde painter; he for the second time, she for the first; in Manhattan...