Monday, Jan. 18, 1971

Married. Susan Eisenhower, 19, Ike's grandchild and second daughter of U.S. Ambassador to Belgium John Eisenhower; and Alexander Hugh Bradshaw, 29, a London barrister; both for the first time; in a Roman Catholic ceremony in Gettysburg, Pa.

Married. George C. Wallace, 51, Governor-elect of Alabama and Dixie's whilom presidential candidate; and Cornelia Ellis Snively, 32, onetime professional water skier and niece of former Governor James E. Folsom; both for the second time (Lurleen Wallace, who succeeded her husband as Governor in 1967, died of cancer a year later); in a Presbyterian ceremony in Montgomery, Ala.

Died. Charles ("Sonny") Liston, 38, former world heavyweight champion; of causes as yet unknown, although sheriff's deputies found puncture marks in each arm and a quarter ounce of heroin in the kitchen; in Las Vegas (his wife found his body in their home about a week after his death). "Ever since I was born, I've been fighting for my life," Liston used to say. Much of it was out of the ring. Son of an Arkansas cotton farmer, Liston in his late teens was serving a five-year sentence for a restaurant holdup when a prison chaplain tried to channel his ferocious aggressions into boxing. Under the guidance of the mob, he won all but one of his first 34 matches and in 1962 took the heavyweight title from Floyd Patterson. "The Big Bear" lost to brash young Cassius Clay in 1964 when he failed to answer the seventh-round bell and a year later lost to Clay again in a 102-second title bout in which he was felled by a "phantom" righthand punch that many ringside observers thought not strong enough to be a knockout punch.

Died. Richard Kollmar, 60, former Broadway producer and longtime radio actor best known for his portrayal of the title role in Boston Blackie and Breakfast with Dorothy and Dick, a daily talk show in which he and his late wife, Columnist Dorothy Kilgallen, would chat intimately over the clatter of morning dishes; in Manhattan.

Died. Eric Hodgins, 71, former managing editor and publisher of FORTUNE and vice president of Time Inc., best known for his 1946 novel, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. "I was Mr. Blandings," he later said of the book, which poked waspish fun at the trials of a New York adman constructing a country house. A journalist noted for wit and style, Hodgins also wrote Episode, an intensely personal recollection of his struggle to overcome the psychological and physical effects of a stroke that partially paralyzed him in 1960.

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