Milestones, Dec. 8, 1980

MARRIED. Harold Pinter, 50, English playwright (The Homecoming, Betrayal); and Lady Antonia Fraser, 48, socialite and biographer (Mary Queen of Scots, Royal Charles); both for the second time; in London. Lady Antonia has six children from her marriage to Tory M.P. Hugh Fraser; Pinter has one son from his marriage to Actress Vivien Merchant.

DIED. Rachel Roberts, 53, Welsh-born actress who rose to international prominence through her portrayals of working-class women in such English films as Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) and This Sporting Life (1963); of as yet undetermined causes; in...

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