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Happy Rockefeller

Did anyone else notice Betty's shock that a woman with 4 children could divorce her husband and marry someone else? Especially someone at that level of society? (I would go deeper into this topic, however I am having great difficulty with this site.)

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And her name was Happy! Unfortunately, Nelson famously died while having sex with a mistress.

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I think Betty was more shocked at the time frame between the divorce and the remarriage.

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The people with the worst marriages are always the most shocked when someone else actually does something about their bad marriage. Betty's expression was priceless.

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Happy was pregnant with Nelson's child when she was divorced which was the reason for the speed of the marriage. Her husband demanded full custody of their children in order to give her the divorce.

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@ MadAboutTheShow

That's very interesting. My, how times HAVE changed for women.

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Her first husband was a doctor. An interesting little connection there between the party of doctors and the party of wealthy blue-bloods.

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Here's a link to a website that features the covers of LIFE magazine.

Catch Happy Rockefeller, Ann Margret, etc.

http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/life/28

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Nelson's "other woman " was Megan Marshack.

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Thanks for the Life covers mob-hit. I guess the more things change, the more they stay the same.

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It was a tremendous scandal at the time. Rockfeller really took himself out of he running getting divorced in the first place. The first "divorced" Presidental candidate was Reagan. more than two decads later.

Rockefeller wanted to be President in the worst way. He was virtually "installed" by his brother David as NYS Governor, a powerbroker who wanted to smoothe the path for the Lower Manhattan business district he was building. David Rockefller's dream? A World Trade Center.

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Sorry for all the spelling mistakes. This site is sooooo slow.

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Life! God, what a great magazine. I really miss it.

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@madabouttheshow: Happy was not pregnant when they got married. They were married May 4, 1963 and she gave birth to their first child on May 30, 1964.

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Nelson Rockefeller stands out in my mind for the marriage to Happy and the scandal it caused, as well as the Attica riot. He was Governor of NY and ordered the state cops and national guard to storm the place ultimately resulting in many deaths which the authorities then tried to blame on the inmates.

He really wanted the presidency and it's sweet justice that he didn't get it and also that when he was VP under Gerald Ford, he really didn't have anything to do and everyone knew it.

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