Socialite, Heiress, She was the daughter of Frederick Martin Davies & Emily O'Neill Davies, She married William Henry Vanderbilt III at Grace Church in Manhattan in 1923, Divorced 1927. On December 7, 1928, Emily wed Sigourney Thayer, They divorced a year later. Her last marriage in 1933 was to the writer Raoul Whitfield. Shortly after starting divorce action against Whitfield, Emily was found shot to death in her bedroom at the ranch on May 24, 1935. A hastily assembled coroner's jury found that she had committed suicide, despite the fact that the gunshot wound was on her lower left side and she was right-handed. The bullet, from a Colt .45, passed through her lungs and hit her heart.
Bio by: Bobby Kelley
Bio by: Bobby Kelley
Socialite, Heiress, She was the daughter of Frederick Martin Davies & Emily O'Neill Davies, She married William Henry Vanderbilt III at Grace Church in Manhattan in 1923, Divorced 1927. On December 7, 1928, Emily wed Sigourney Thayer, They divorced a year later. Her last marriage in 1933 was to the writer Raoul Whitfield. Shortly after starting divorce action against Whitfield, Emily was found shot to death in her bedroom at the ranch on May 24, 1935. A hastily assembled coroner's jury found that she had committed suicide, despite the fact that the gunshot wound was on her lower left side and she was right-handed. The bullet, from a Colt .45, passed through her lungs and hit her heart.
Bio by: Bobby Kelley
Bio by: Bobby Kelley
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