Orson Welles
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Wikipedia states that "...his parents divorced when he was six" [so 1921 or 1922], "...Beatrice Welles died of jaundice on May 10, 1924 in a Chicago hospital. Richard Welles became an alcoholic and died when Orson was fifteen....Maurice Bernstein became his guardian." | Wikipedia states that "...his parents divorced when he was six" [so 1921 or 1922], "...Beatrice Welles died of jaundice on May 10, 1924 in a Chicago hospital. Richard Welles became an alcoholic and died when Orson was fifteen....Maurice Bernstein became his guardian." | ||
| − | Although Richard and Beatrice are supposed to have divorced, when she died, she is called "...wife of Richard Head Welles" in her Chicago Tribune obit. | + | Although Richard and Beatrice are supposed to have divorced, when she died, she is called "...wife of Richard Head Welles" in her Chicago Tribune obit. In the book ''This is Orson Welles'' it states not that his parents divorced, but that "His parents seperated when he was six..." (page 517) |
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