Milestones, Dec. 18, 1944

Married. Jackie Cooper, 21, snub-nosed veteran cinema juvenile, now a seaman at Great Lakes Naval Training Station (TIME Nov. 13); and June Home, sweet-faced cinema starlet; in a church ceremony in Los Angeles.

Divorced. Raymond Gram* Swing, 57, meticulous, spook-voiced radioracle; by Betty Gram Swing, fortyish; after 21 years of marriage, three years of separation; in Brattleboro, Vt.

Died. Laird Cregar, 28, dulcet-voiced movie behemoth; of a heart attack following an abdominal operation after dieting away 100 lbs.; in Los Angeles. Because of his size (6 ft. 3 in., 300 lbs.), Cregar had a hard time persuading Hollywood producers that he could really...

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