Milestones: Jul. 6, 1970

Divorced. Jackie Gleason, 54, by his own admission "the greatest" showman of all; and Genevieve Gleason, 51; on grounds of "judicial separation" under New York's liberalized law, which went into effect in 1967; after 34 years of marriage (19 of separation), two children; in Manhattan. Settlement: she gets more than $100,000 a year in alimony.

Died. The Maharajah of Jaipur, 58, one of India's princely ex-rulers, who until independence in 1947 ranked among the world's richest men; of a heart attack, while playing polo; in Cirencester, England. In return for his throne, the government...

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