3 April 69 marries New York broker / businessman Robert Tomarkin in a post-midnight candlelight ceremony at the Silver Bells wedding chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada. He`s 37; she`s 44. They show up at the county courthouse in a limousine chauffeured from Los Angeles. Twenty minutes after receiving their license at 12:10 a.m., they are married by the Reverend James Whitehead. Tomarkin, former escort of Hedy Lamarr, was divorced in 1960 in Miami and lists his home as New York City. She lists her home as Dallas, Texas.
c. early May 69 the marriage is annulled after only four weeks when she claims that he married her only for her money and tried to swindle her out of her savings. In 1974 he will plead guilty to grand larceny charges stemming from a $2 million swindle of Franklin National Bank and will serve 40 months in Greenhaven Prison, New York.
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