Milestones: Oct. 16, 1964

Died. George Schlee, 63, husband of Dress Designer Valentina, better known as Greta Garbo's companion for the past 15 years, who managed a very European ménage à trois, smoothly explaining to his wife, "I love her, but she will never want to get married, and anyway you and I have so much in common"; of a heart attack; in the suite that he and Garbo were sharing at Paris' Hotel Crillon.

Died. Eddie Cantor, 72, comedian, philanthropist, author of three autobiographies, whose purse-mouthed, popeyed, hand-clapping routines delighted three generations of Americans; of a heart...

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