Milestones, Apr. 21, 1952

Divorced. By Song & Dance Girl Judy (Over the Rainbow) Garland, 29: Movie Director Vincente Minnelli, 49; after nearly seven years of marriage, frequent separations, one daughter; in Los Angeles.

Died. Norman ("Corky") Hill, 28, youngest in a family who made a habit of flirting with death at Niagara Falls; of head injuries suffered when a small stone fell 350 ft. down a shaft in which he worked as a mucker; in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Hill's father, William ("Red") Hill Sr., went through the Niagara rapids three times in a homemade barrel, died in 1942 of a heart attack. Corky saved a...

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