Wharton never remarried, although she had a long and intimate, though ambiguous, relationship with Walter Berry.

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And although Sanderson never remarried, when Amato did, his wife was not thrilled with the situation.

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Highlights include the crushed velvet wedding dress Hepburn wore when she married Ludlow Ogden Smith in 1928 (she got a Mexican divorce from him six years later and never remarried).

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My mother never remarried after Daddy died.

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The young widower never remarried, although there were various women in his social circle with whom he was known to be on friendly (never intimate) terms, and who, moreover, had all the qualities required to become the new Mrs.

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