Milestones, Apr. 9, 1951

Remarried. William Saroyan, 42, playwright (The Time of Your Life) and novelist (The Human Comedy); and Carol Stuart Marcus Saroyan, 26, onetime Manhattan socialite, who divorced him in 1949 after more than six years of marriage; in Los Angeles.

Died. Ralph Forbes, 45, mannered actor of the old school, who came to the U.S. from his native London in 1924, stayed on to appear in more than 60 roles on Broadway (Hedda Gabler) and Hollywood (Frenchman's Creek); ex-husband of Actresses Ruth Chatterton and Heather Angel; of post-operative pneumonia; in The Bronx, N.Y.

Died. Countess Ida Coudenhove-Kalergi, fiftyish, onetime Viennese actress, longtime collaborator with...

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