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Happy Rockefeller, 88, Dies: Marriage to Governor Scandalized Voters
NYT ^ | 5/20/2015 | ROBERT D. McFADDEN

Posted on 05/20/2015 8:20:19 AM PDT by Borges

Happy Rockefeller, the socialite whose 1963 marriage to Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York, soon after both had been divorced, raised a political storm in a more genteel time and may have cost him the Republican presidential nomination in 1964, died on Tuesday at her home in Tarrytown, N.Y. She was 88.

The family said in a statement that she died after a brief illness.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


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KEYWORDS: happyrockefeller; obituary; rockefeller
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To: nickcarraway
He died cheating on her with his 25 year old aide.

The story I'll always remember is that when Nelson died, his erection would not go down. Apparently it takes a pulse to relax the muscles.

So the first responders had to take a section of the "Wall Street Journal", laying around; and cover that part of his body before others would see something they could never unsee.

21 posted on 05/20/2015 10:19:52 AM PDT by cicero2k
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To: cicero2k
The story I'll always remember is that when Nelson died, his erection would not go down. Apparently it takes a pulse to relax the muscles. So the first responders had to take a section of the "Wall Street Journal", laying around; and cover that part of his body before others would see something they could never unsee.

The story I heard was that the EMT's reported that it was the first time they had ever seen a corpse in a $3,000 Savile Row suit wearing no underpants.

22 posted on 05/20/2015 10:38:13 AM PDT by Timocrat (Ingnorantia non excusat)
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To: Borges

RIP.


23 posted on 05/20/2015 10:53:03 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: cicero2k

Since there was no Viagra in 1979, he had a “pump” in order to get the job done.


24 posted on 05/20/2015 10:55:23 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Timocrat

Nelson died a mans death. RIP Going out in Style.


25 posted on 05/20/2015 11:02:44 AM PDT by Zenjitsuman (New Boss Nancy Pelosi)
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To: dennisw

Actually, Rocky died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital (no 911 then). When he vaporlocked, Megan had a h*** of a time getting out from under his inertness, then she waited an hour to call for help. He might have survived otherwise.


26 posted on 05/20/2015 12:04:27 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: elcid1970

Why did she wait an hour? So old Nelson might have survived otherwise? I suppose she freaked out since Rockefeller was cheating on wifey and she was scared for herself


27 posted on 05/20/2015 1:37:13 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: elcid1970
getting out from under his inertness

"His inertness." Now, that's funny.

28 posted on 05/20/2015 1:41:29 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Timocrat

Nelson died a mans death. RIP Going out in Style.


29 posted on 05/20/2015 1:45:13 PM PDT by Zenjitsuman (New Boss Nancy Pelosi)
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