Milestones, May 21, 1973

Divorced. Leontyne Price, 46, the first black to sing a major role at the Metropolitan Opera; and William Warfield, 53, barrel-chested baritone of stage, screen (Show Boat) and concert hall; after 21 years of marriage, no children; in Manhattan. Price and Warfield met and married while he was starring as Porgy, she as Bess, in the '50s revival of the George Gershwin opera. The celebrated marriage later fell out of tune, and the two were legally separated in 1967.

Divorced. Svetlana Alliluyeva Peters, 47, Joseph Stalin's only daughter, who made headlines in 1967...

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