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The mansion is a 22,000-square-foot (2,000 m 2) Mediterranean Revival mansion on 4.5 acres. It was designed by architect Robert D. Farquhar and built in 1923. When it was the opulent residence of silent film star Antonio Moreno and his wife and oil heiress Daisy Canfield Moreno, daughter of pioneer oilman Charles A. Canfield, it was the scene for lavish Sunday afternoon parties for members of ...
Ruby McCollum, born Ruby Jackson (August 31, 1909 – May 23, 1992), was a wealthy married African-American woman in Live Oak, Florida, who is known for being charged in 1952 for first-degree murder for killing Dr. C. Leroy Adams, a prominent white doctor and state senator–elect.
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In 1952, the trial of Ruby McCollum, a wealthy African-American wife who murdered her white, physician and senator-elect lover, created the first forum for a “Negress” to witness in her own defense regarding her abuse by a white man who forced her to bear his children.
Paramour may refer to: The Righteous Brothers formerly named The Paramours, an American musical duo; Paramour (Cirque du Soleil), a Broadway musical theatre residency show; Paramour Mansion, Los Angeles, California, US, a historic mansion; Paramour Rupes, a ridge on the planet Mercury; HMS Paramour, a British Royal Navy ship
Jim Morrison (1965–1971; his death) Pamela Susan Courson (December 22, 1946 – April 25, 1974) was the long-term companion of Jim Morrison , singer of the Doors . Courson stated she discovered Morrison's body in the bathtub of a Paris apartment in 1971.
Parsons was married three times. First, to real estate developer and broker John Dement Parsons, whom she married in 1905. From this union, they had one daughter named Harriet who was born on August 23, 1906, in Burlington City, Des Moines County, Iowa. Parsons divorced John in 1914. A year later, she married second husband John McCaffrey Jr ...
Edith Bouvier Beale (November 7, 1917 – c. January 14, 2002), nicknamed Little Edie, was an American socialite, fashion model, and cabaret performer. She was a first cousin of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Princess Lee Radziwill.