The Los Angeles Times, April 6, 1954:
Jack Dempsey's Daughter Becomes Student's Bride
Barbara Judith Dempsey, 17, younger daughter of Jack Dempsey, was married yesterday to John Warren McMillan III, 19.
The young newlyweds have been sweethearts for three years and both are still going to school in Santa Monica - she to Saint Monica's High School and he to Santa Monica City College.
It was a 5 o'clock wedding at Our Lady of Loretto Church with Msgr. Raymond O'Flaherty officiating. The ceremony was followed by a brief reception at the Dempsey home in Santa Monica and a wedding supper at a Wilshire Blvd. restaurant.
Gown of White Lace
The bride, a beautiful and stately brunette, wore a gown of white lace over blush pick tulle, a white lace jacket, a lace cap trimmed in pearls, pink satin pumps, and a pearl necklace. She carried a bouquet of white and pink roses.
Matron of honor and the bride's only attendant was her 19-year-old sister, Joan - Mrs. Denis O'Flaherty - who was married in the same church seven months ago and whose husband is a nephew of Msgr. O'Flaherty.
The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Warren McMillan Jr. of 2836 Roscomare Road. Serving him as best man was his younger brother, Fred. Ushers were Denis O'Flaherty and Ralph Tingle.
Dempsey gave his younger daughter in marriage yesterday. The mother of the bride and matron of honor, ex-Actress Hannah Williams, the ex-champion's ex-wife, was not present.
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The Desert Sun, March 13, 1958:
Jack Dempsey Back in Village
Jack Dempsey, accompanied by his daughter Barbara McMillan and her two children, has returned to Palm Springs for a three week visit.
On a recent trip to New York City he was presented with a trophy honoring him as Boxing's "Man of the Year."
Though just returned to the desert he is busily engaged in assisting partner Dave Margolis make ready for Howard Manor's first Spring Buffet this coming Sunday evening.
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The Anderson Daily Bulletin, February 23, 1960:
In Palm Springs, Jack Dempsey and Dave Margolis taking time out from minding the shop at Howard Manor to entertain their daughters, Barbara Dempsey McMillan and Jonie Margolis Balshek.
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The Rocky Mount Telegram, April 21, 1965:
Mr. Dempsey is proprietor of Jack Dempsey's, New York Restaurant. He has two daughters, Mrs. Joan O'Flaherty of Van Nuys, Cal., and Mrs. Barbara McMillan, of Santa Monica, Cal., to whom he is devoted, and seven granddaughters in whom he takes pride.
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The Star-Gazette, June 5, 1983:
Dempsey buried next to beach he loved
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) - The body of former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey was buried Saturday, one mile from the beach he loved.
Dempsey, who was heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926, died at his home Tuesday evening of natural causes. He was 87.
Following a private funeral service in Southampton, Dempsey was buried in Southampton Cemetery next to another cemetery where actor Gary Cooper is buried.
"When I used to see him, he used to talk about Cooper," Herb McCarthy, a local restauranteur, said of Dempsey. "He said he liked him."
Dempsey's burial under a green awning was brief and emotional. The rain, which had fallen during the night and early morning hours, had stopped. As the funeral procession approached the gravesite, a glimmer of sunlight appeared.
When the priest ended his prayer, Dempsey's widow, Deanna, bend and kissed the flag-draped coffin.
At the gravesite, there was a floral arrangement in the shape of boxing gloves and the words, "World Champion." Another arrangement said, "Pal," Dempsey's favorite way of addressing well-wishers.
Dempsey had purchased the plot in the cemetery on Route 39 at the edge of the village, his daughter Barbara Leonard, said recently.
"He loved Long Island,: she said. "I think he loved the sand."
Dempsey's stepdaughter, Mrs. Steven Phillips, has a home on Gin Lane in the village, where, from a perch in the yard, Dempsey used to look at the ocean.
Dempsey ruled boxing's heavyweight division for seven years during the Golden Age of sports.
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The Albuquerque Journal, June 10, 1983:
Dempsey Estate Under $250,000
NEW YORK (AP) - Jack Dempsey, who won millions as heavyweight boxing champion in the 1920s, left an estate of less that $250,000, with most of it to go to his wife and two daughters, according to recently filed papers.
Dempsey, who died May 31 at age 87 here, left an estate valued at between $100,000 and $250,000, according to papers filed with the will in Manhattan Surrogate's Court.
The five-page will, dated May 11, 1973, was filed for probate, beginning the validation process.
Dempsey, who was heavyweight champion from July 4, 1919, through Sept. 23, 1926, won more than $4 million during an eight-year span in the 1920s. The "Manassa Mauler" earned some of the biggest paydays in a bygone era of sports that included luminaries such as Babe Ruth, Red Grange, Knute Rockne and Bobby Jones.
Dempsey left "all jewelry, clothing and other articles of personal use or adornment, and all household furniture, furnishings and ornaments," to his wife, Deanna Dempsey.
To his daughters, Joan Dempsey McNeil, of Hesperia, Calif., and Barbara Leonard, of Honolulu, he left equal shares of his property in San Bernardino, Calif. The will did not specify how much property Dempsey owned.
The prizefighter also left a famous painting of himself fighting Jess Willard for the heavyweight title, painted by Montgomery Flagg, to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, which has held the painting since 1974. It originally hung in Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant and Bar, which closed in 1974.
The rest of the estate was to be distributed in thirds to his wife and two daughters, with his step-daughter, Barbara Lynn Phillips of New York, to receive Deanna Dempsey's third should Mrs. Dempsey die. Ms. Phillips was not listed as a separate beneficiary.
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Married John W. McMillan on April 5, 1954 in Los Angeles Co., California.
Married Gerald N Waldron on February 27, 1972 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California (divorced September 1972).
Married Robert William Leonard sometime after September 1972.
Jack Dempsey's Daughter Becomes Student's Bride
Barbara Judith Dempsey, 17, younger daughter of Jack Dempsey, was married yesterday to John Warren McMillan III, 19.
The young newlyweds have been sweethearts for three years and both are still going to school in Santa Monica - she to Saint Monica's High School and he to Santa Monica City College.
It was a 5 o'clock wedding at Our Lady of Loretto Church with Msgr. Raymond O'Flaherty officiating. The ceremony was followed by a brief reception at the Dempsey home in Santa Monica and a wedding supper at a Wilshire Blvd. restaurant.
Gown of White Lace
The bride, a beautiful and stately brunette, wore a gown of white lace over blush pick tulle, a white lace jacket, a lace cap trimmed in pearls, pink satin pumps, and a pearl necklace. She carried a bouquet of white and pink roses.
Matron of honor and the bride's only attendant was her 19-year-old sister, Joan - Mrs. Denis O'Flaherty - who was married in the same church seven months ago and whose husband is a nephew of Msgr. O'Flaherty.
The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Warren McMillan Jr. of 2836 Roscomare Road. Serving him as best man was his younger brother, Fred. Ushers were Denis O'Flaherty and Ralph Tingle.
Dempsey gave his younger daughter in marriage yesterday. The mother of the bride and matron of honor, ex-Actress Hannah Williams, the ex-champion's ex-wife, was not present.
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The Desert Sun, March 13, 1958:
Jack Dempsey Back in Village
Jack Dempsey, accompanied by his daughter Barbara McMillan and her two children, has returned to Palm Springs for a three week visit.
On a recent trip to New York City he was presented with a trophy honoring him as Boxing's "Man of the Year."
Though just returned to the desert he is busily engaged in assisting partner Dave Margolis make ready for Howard Manor's first Spring Buffet this coming Sunday evening.
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The Anderson Daily Bulletin, February 23, 1960:
In Palm Springs, Jack Dempsey and Dave Margolis taking time out from minding the shop at Howard Manor to entertain their daughters, Barbara Dempsey McMillan and Jonie Margolis Balshek.
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The Rocky Mount Telegram, April 21, 1965:
Mr. Dempsey is proprietor of Jack Dempsey's, New York Restaurant. He has two daughters, Mrs. Joan O'Flaherty of Van Nuys, Cal., and Mrs. Barbara McMillan, of Santa Monica, Cal., to whom he is devoted, and seven granddaughters in whom he takes pride.
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The Star-Gazette, June 5, 1983:
Dempsey buried next to beach he loved
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) - The body of former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey was buried Saturday, one mile from the beach he loved.
Dempsey, who was heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926, died at his home Tuesday evening of natural causes. He was 87.
Following a private funeral service in Southampton, Dempsey was buried in Southampton Cemetery next to another cemetery where actor Gary Cooper is buried.
"When I used to see him, he used to talk about Cooper," Herb McCarthy, a local restauranteur, said of Dempsey. "He said he liked him."
Dempsey's burial under a green awning was brief and emotional. The rain, which had fallen during the night and early morning hours, had stopped. As the funeral procession approached the gravesite, a glimmer of sunlight appeared.
When the priest ended his prayer, Dempsey's widow, Deanna, bend and kissed the flag-draped coffin.
At the gravesite, there was a floral arrangement in the shape of boxing gloves and the words, "World Champion." Another arrangement said, "Pal," Dempsey's favorite way of addressing well-wishers.
Dempsey had purchased the plot in the cemetery on Route 39 at the edge of the village, his daughter Barbara Leonard, said recently.
"He loved Long Island,: she said. "I think he loved the sand."
Dempsey's stepdaughter, Mrs. Steven Phillips, has a home on Gin Lane in the village, where, from a perch in the yard, Dempsey used to look at the ocean.
Dempsey ruled boxing's heavyweight division for seven years during the Golden Age of sports.
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The Albuquerque Journal, June 10, 1983:
Dempsey Estate Under $250,000
NEW YORK (AP) - Jack Dempsey, who won millions as heavyweight boxing champion in the 1920s, left an estate of less that $250,000, with most of it to go to his wife and two daughters, according to recently filed papers.
Dempsey, who died May 31 at age 87 here, left an estate valued at between $100,000 and $250,000, according to papers filed with the will in Manhattan Surrogate's Court.
The five-page will, dated May 11, 1973, was filed for probate, beginning the validation process.
Dempsey, who was heavyweight champion from July 4, 1919, through Sept. 23, 1926, won more than $4 million during an eight-year span in the 1920s. The "Manassa Mauler" earned some of the biggest paydays in a bygone era of sports that included luminaries such as Babe Ruth, Red Grange, Knute Rockne and Bobby Jones.
Dempsey left "all jewelry, clothing and other articles of personal use or adornment, and all household furniture, furnishings and ornaments," to his wife, Deanna Dempsey.
To his daughters, Joan Dempsey McNeil, of Hesperia, Calif., and Barbara Leonard, of Honolulu, he left equal shares of his property in San Bernardino, Calif. The will did not specify how much property Dempsey owned.
The prizefighter also left a famous painting of himself fighting Jess Willard for the heavyweight title, painted by Montgomery Flagg, to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, which has held the painting since 1974. It originally hung in Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant and Bar, which closed in 1974.
The rest of the estate was to be distributed in thirds to his wife and two daughters, with his step-daughter, Barbara Lynn Phillips of New York, to receive Deanna Dempsey's third should Mrs. Dempsey die. Ms. Phillips was not listed as a separate beneficiary.
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Married John W. McMillan on April 5, 1954 in Los Angeles Co., California.
Married Gerald N Waldron on February 27, 1972 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California (divorced September 1972).
Married Robert William Leonard sometime after September 1972.
The Los Angeles Times, April 6, 1954:
Jack Dempsey's Daughter Becomes Student's Bride
Barbara Judith Dempsey, 17, younger daughter of Jack Dempsey, was married yesterday to John Warren McMillan III, 19.
The young newlyweds have been sweethearts for three years and both are still going to school in Santa Monica - she to Saint Monica's High School and he to Santa Monica City College.
It was a 5 o'clock wedding at Our Lady of Loretto Church with Msgr. Raymond O'Flaherty officiating. The ceremony was followed by a brief reception at the Dempsey home in Santa Monica and a wedding supper at a Wilshire Blvd. restaurant.
Gown of White Lace
The bride, a beautiful and stately brunette, wore a gown of white lace over blush pick tulle, a white lace jacket, a lace cap trimmed in pearls, pink satin pumps, and a pearl necklace. She carried a bouquet of white and pink roses.
Matron of honor and the bride's only attendant was her 19-year-old sister, Joan - Mrs. Denis O'Flaherty - who was married in the same church seven months ago and whose husband is a nephew of Msgr. O'Flaherty.
The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Warren McMillan Jr. of 2836 Roscomare Road. Serving him as best man was his younger brother, Fred. Ushers were Denis O'Flaherty and Ralph Tingle.
Dempsey gave his younger daughter in marriage yesterday. The mother of the bride and matron of honor, ex-Actress Hannah Williams, the ex-champion's ex-wife, was not present.
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The Desert Sun, March 13, 1958:
Jack Dempsey Back in Village
Jack Dempsey, accompanied by his daughter Barbara McMillan and her two children, has returned to Palm Springs for a three week visit.
On a recent trip to New York City he was presented with a trophy honoring him as Boxing's "Man of the Year."
Though just returned to the desert he is busily engaged in assisting partner Dave Margolis make ready for Howard Manor's first Spring Buffet this coming Sunday evening.
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The Anderson Daily Bulletin, February 23, 1960:
In Palm Springs, Jack Dempsey and Dave Margolis taking time out from minding the shop at Howard Manor to entertain their daughters, Barbara Dempsey McMillan and Jonie Margolis Balshek.
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The Rocky Mount Telegram, April 21, 1965:
Mr. Dempsey is proprietor of Jack Dempsey's, New York Restaurant. He has two daughters, Mrs. Joan O'Flaherty of Van Nuys, Cal., and Mrs. Barbara McMillan, of Santa Monica, Cal., to whom he is devoted, and seven granddaughters in whom he takes pride.
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The Star-Gazette, June 5, 1983:
Dempsey buried next to beach he loved
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) - The body of former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey was buried Saturday, one mile from the beach he loved.
Dempsey, who was heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926, died at his home Tuesday evening of natural causes. He was 87.
Following a private funeral service in Southampton, Dempsey was buried in Southampton Cemetery next to another cemetery where actor Gary Cooper is buried.
"When I used to see him, he used to talk about Cooper," Herb McCarthy, a local restauranteur, said of Dempsey. "He said he liked him."
Dempsey's burial under a green awning was brief and emotional. The rain, which had fallen during the night and early morning hours, had stopped. As the funeral procession approached the gravesite, a glimmer of sunlight appeared.
When the priest ended his prayer, Dempsey's widow, Deanna, bend and kissed the flag-draped coffin.
At the gravesite, there was a floral arrangement in the shape of boxing gloves and the words, "World Champion." Another arrangement said, "Pal," Dempsey's favorite way of addressing well-wishers.
Dempsey had purchased the plot in the cemetery on Route 39 at the edge of the village, his daughter Barbara Leonard, said recently.
"He loved Long Island,: she said. "I think he loved the sand."
Dempsey's stepdaughter, Mrs. Steven Phillips, has a home on Gin Lane in the village, where, from a perch in the yard, Dempsey used to look at the ocean.
Dempsey ruled boxing's heavyweight division for seven years during the Golden Age of sports.
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The Albuquerque Journal, June 10, 1983:
Dempsey Estate Under $250,000
NEW YORK (AP) - Jack Dempsey, who won millions as heavyweight boxing champion in the 1920s, left an estate of less that $250,000, with most of it to go to his wife and two daughters, according to recently filed papers.
Dempsey, who died May 31 at age 87 here, left an estate valued at between $100,000 and $250,000, according to papers filed with the will in Manhattan Surrogate's Court.
The five-page will, dated May 11, 1973, was filed for probate, beginning the validation process.
Dempsey, who was heavyweight champion from July 4, 1919, through Sept. 23, 1926, won more than $4 million during an eight-year span in the 1920s. The "Manassa Mauler" earned some of the biggest paydays in a bygone era of sports that included luminaries such as Babe Ruth, Red Grange, Knute Rockne and Bobby Jones.
Dempsey left "all jewelry, clothing and other articles of personal use or adornment, and all household furniture, furnishings and ornaments," to his wife, Deanna Dempsey.
To his daughters, Joan Dempsey McNeil, of Hesperia, Calif., and Barbara Leonard, of Honolulu, he left equal shares of his property in San Bernardino, Calif. The will did not specify how much property Dempsey owned.
The prizefighter also left a famous painting of himself fighting Jess Willard for the heavyweight title, painted by Montgomery Flagg, to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, which has held the painting since 1974. It originally hung in Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant and Bar, which closed in 1974.
The rest of the estate was to be distributed in thirds to his wife and two daughters, with his step-daughter, Barbara Lynn Phillips of New York, to receive Deanna Dempsey's third should Mrs. Dempsey die. Ms. Phillips was not listed as a separate beneficiary.
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Married John W. McMillan on April 5, 1954 in Los Angeles Co., California.
Married Gerald N Waldron on February 27, 1972 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California (divorced September 1972).
Married Robert William Leonard sometime after September 1972.
Jack Dempsey's Daughter Becomes Student's Bride
Barbara Judith Dempsey, 17, younger daughter of Jack Dempsey, was married yesterday to John Warren McMillan III, 19.
The young newlyweds have been sweethearts for three years and both are still going to school in Santa Monica - she to Saint Monica's High School and he to Santa Monica City College.
It was a 5 o'clock wedding at Our Lady of Loretto Church with Msgr. Raymond O'Flaherty officiating. The ceremony was followed by a brief reception at the Dempsey home in Santa Monica and a wedding supper at a Wilshire Blvd. restaurant.
Gown of White Lace
The bride, a beautiful and stately brunette, wore a gown of white lace over blush pick tulle, a white lace jacket, a lace cap trimmed in pearls, pink satin pumps, and a pearl necklace. She carried a bouquet of white and pink roses.
Matron of honor and the bride's only attendant was her 19-year-old sister, Joan - Mrs. Denis O'Flaherty - who was married in the same church seven months ago and whose husband is a nephew of Msgr. O'Flaherty.
The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Warren McMillan Jr. of 2836 Roscomare Road. Serving him as best man was his younger brother, Fred. Ushers were Denis O'Flaherty and Ralph Tingle.
Dempsey gave his younger daughter in marriage yesterday. The mother of the bride and matron of honor, ex-Actress Hannah Williams, the ex-champion's ex-wife, was not present.
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The Desert Sun, March 13, 1958:
Jack Dempsey Back in Village
Jack Dempsey, accompanied by his daughter Barbara McMillan and her two children, has returned to Palm Springs for a three week visit.
On a recent trip to New York City he was presented with a trophy honoring him as Boxing's "Man of the Year."
Though just returned to the desert he is busily engaged in assisting partner Dave Margolis make ready for Howard Manor's first Spring Buffet this coming Sunday evening.
***********************************************************
The Anderson Daily Bulletin, February 23, 1960:
In Palm Springs, Jack Dempsey and Dave Margolis taking time out from minding the shop at Howard Manor to entertain their daughters, Barbara Dempsey McMillan and Jonie Margolis Balshek.
***********************************************************
The Rocky Mount Telegram, April 21, 1965:
Mr. Dempsey is proprietor of Jack Dempsey's, New York Restaurant. He has two daughters, Mrs. Joan O'Flaherty of Van Nuys, Cal., and Mrs. Barbara McMillan, of Santa Monica, Cal., to whom he is devoted, and seven granddaughters in whom he takes pride.
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The Star-Gazette, June 5, 1983:
Dempsey buried next to beach he loved
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) - The body of former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey was buried Saturday, one mile from the beach he loved.
Dempsey, who was heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926, died at his home Tuesday evening of natural causes. He was 87.
Following a private funeral service in Southampton, Dempsey was buried in Southampton Cemetery next to another cemetery where actor Gary Cooper is buried.
"When I used to see him, he used to talk about Cooper," Herb McCarthy, a local restauranteur, said of Dempsey. "He said he liked him."
Dempsey's burial under a green awning was brief and emotional. The rain, which had fallen during the night and early morning hours, had stopped. As the funeral procession approached the gravesite, a glimmer of sunlight appeared.
When the priest ended his prayer, Dempsey's widow, Deanna, bend and kissed the flag-draped coffin.
At the gravesite, there was a floral arrangement in the shape of boxing gloves and the words, "World Champion." Another arrangement said, "Pal," Dempsey's favorite way of addressing well-wishers.
Dempsey had purchased the plot in the cemetery on Route 39 at the edge of the village, his daughter Barbara Leonard, said recently.
"He loved Long Island,: she said. "I think he loved the sand."
Dempsey's stepdaughter, Mrs. Steven Phillips, has a home on Gin Lane in the village, where, from a perch in the yard, Dempsey used to look at the ocean.
Dempsey ruled boxing's heavyweight division for seven years during the Golden Age of sports.
***********************************************************
The Albuquerque Journal, June 10, 1983:
Dempsey Estate Under $250,000
NEW YORK (AP) - Jack Dempsey, who won millions as heavyweight boxing champion in the 1920s, left an estate of less that $250,000, with most of it to go to his wife and two daughters, according to recently filed papers.
Dempsey, who died May 31 at age 87 here, left an estate valued at between $100,000 and $250,000, according to papers filed with the will in Manhattan Surrogate's Court.
The five-page will, dated May 11, 1973, was filed for probate, beginning the validation process.
Dempsey, who was heavyweight champion from July 4, 1919, through Sept. 23, 1926, won more than $4 million during an eight-year span in the 1920s. The "Manassa Mauler" earned some of the biggest paydays in a bygone era of sports that included luminaries such as Babe Ruth, Red Grange, Knute Rockne and Bobby Jones.
Dempsey left "all jewelry, clothing and other articles of personal use or adornment, and all household furniture, furnishings and ornaments," to his wife, Deanna Dempsey.
To his daughters, Joan Dempsey McNeil, of Hesperia, Calif., and Barbara Leonard, of Honolulu, he left equal shares of his property in San Bernardino, Calif. The will did not specify how much property Dempsey owned.
The prizefighter also left a famous painting of himself fighting Jess Willard for the heavyweight title, painted by Montgomery Flagg, to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, which has held the painting since 1974. It originally hung in Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant and Bar, which closed in 1974.
The rest of the estate was to be distributed in thirds to his wife and two daughters, with his step-daughter, Barbara Lynn Phillips of New York, to receive Deanna Dempsey's third should Mrs. Dempsey die. Ms. Phillips was not listed as a separate beneficiary.
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Married John W. McMillan on April 5, 1954 in Los Angeles Co., California.
Married Gerald N Waldron on February 27, 1972 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California (divorced September 1972).
Married Robert William Leonard sometime after September 1972.
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