Milestones, Sep. 9, 1940

Milestones

Married. Vivien Leigh, 26, cinemactress; and Laurence Olivier, 33, cinemactor; in Santa Barbara, Calif.; four days after British Barrister Herbert Leigh Hoi-man's divorce from Miss Leigh became final, 25 days after British Actress Jill Esmond obtained an absolute decree from Olivier.

Died. Giulio Gatti-Casazza, 71, for 27 years (1908-35) the beautifully bearded, autocratic, penny-pinching, respected artistic director and impresario of Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera; at Ferrara, Italy.

Died. Lillian D. Wald, 73, famed founder of New York City's Henry Street Settlement and the Visiting Nurse Service; after a long illness; in Westport, Conn. Born of a well-to-do German-Jewish family, Nurse Wald spent most of...

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