September 68 in Hollywood she and Greco reveal that they have a trial separation. It broke a few days after the trial separation of their close friends David and Ellie Janssen. They say there`s nobody else involved, and that they hope for reconciliation after Greco, now singing in San Francisco, returns from a tour of Australia.
72 re-meets David Janssen in Las Vegas, where Greco is appearing. Her marriage is already in trouble; David is free from his 10-year union with model Ellie Graham
May 72 attends columnist James Bacon`s birthday party with David Janssen
January 73 at a party thrown by Harold Robbins, Janssen says about her: "If Dani plays her cards right, I may marry her."
Mid-January 73 is with Janssen in Israel for the filming of his Sabra
End January 73 attends a party thrown by the Georgia and Carroll Rosenbloom with David Janssen. Among the guests are Ethel Kennedy, Darren McGavin, the Vince Edwards, Tina Sinatra with Wes Farrell, Rosey Grier, Dionne Warwick, and the Art Linkletters.
March 73 she and Janssen attend the surprise party thrown by Marje Everett for her husband Webb at Chasen`s
she and Janssen go to see Butley, Alan Bates` Hollywood stage premiere, at Shubert`s
July 73 she and Janssen are at the Directors Room of the Hollywood Park Turf Club with MCA boss Lew Wasserman and his wife, Edie
October 73 accompanies Janssen to Canada where he`s to film Pioneer Woman

Early April 74 gets her divorce from Greco. At the Academy Awards ball she is seen handholding with David Janssen.
April 74 attends a business luncheon held by Bailey Howard at Chasen`s with Janssen
May 74 she and Janssen are in the enthusiastic crowd at Ray Charles` Waldorf Empire Room opening
June 74 she and Janssen are guests at the party thrown by Vincente Minnelli and Lee Anderson at Minnelli`s house for the Duke and Duchess de Segovia of Spain
January 75 she and Janssen attend a party given by Henny and Jim Backus with Dani`s sister, who`s in from New York
April 75 she and Janssen are at an Acapulco villa leased for a month`s holiday with three Hollywood couples: Leslie and Tony Curtis, producer Bob Enders and his wife Estelle, and Stan Herman and his actress-fiancée Linda Evans.
July 75 she and Janssen bust up. The press wonders about the reasons. "Nobody`s saying why, but it could be he doesn`t like the way she reportedly crashed parties to which hostesses neglected to invite her..."
4 October 75 after four years of relationship, she marries Janssen at Lew Wasserman`s home. He`s 44; she`s 40.
June 76 eight months later, she and Janssen are reported splitsville. "He is holed up in a Hollywood hotel; she has dug in their Beverly Hills home."

30 February 80 (13 February 1980, Malibu, California, USA (heart attack) becomes the widow of Janssen, who dies at age 48 at their Malibu, California, home from a massive heart attack. She discovers his body. Janssen`s friend and fellow actor, Stuart Whitman, is driving by when he sees the ambulance in front of the Janssen home. Paramedics take Janssen out of bed and try to revive the actor for half an hour before taking him to a hospital. Eventually Whitman and Dani follow the ambulance to Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center, where Janssen is pronounced dead on arrival shortly after 5 a.m.

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