Posted on 10/30/2009 6:06:59 PM PDT by Steelfish
Michelle Marvin, ‘Palimony’ Figure, Dies
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS October 30, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michelle Triola Marvin, who fought a landmark "palimony" case against her former lover, actor Lee Marvin, has died. She was 76.
Family spokesman Bob Palmer says Marvin died Friday morning of lung cancer at the Malibu home she shared with actor Dick Van Dyke, her partner of 30 years.
Marvin lived with Lee Marvin for six years and took his name. They broke up in 1970 and nine years later she sued for nearly $2 million, even though she had no alimony rights because the couple never married. Her lawyer dubbed the request "palimony" and the name stuck.
She eventually won $104,000, although the award was overturned.
The case set a precedent in California law that allowed unmarried partners to sue for financial support, and many similar cases followed.
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Good riddance to a gold digger.
I rarely speak ill of the recently departed—but I might make an exception this time!
sorry, nine years with the guy, she was a ‘wife’ in some ways, yeah better to be married....but he chose to live with her ...and he should have been decent and given her something. No respect for this guy.
he’s the “user”. What a woos and cheapskate.,
Is Van Dyke still living?
correction; lived with him for 6 years...he is still a cheapskate.
And she with him...
Yes, that is right...It still makes him a cheapskate.
Yes, and it quite good health.
Rest in peace you piece of sh!t!
But it doesn’t make him liable.
Yeah, it's always the man's fault. You should be a divorce attorney. Or a spokesperson for NOW.
At that time , you are correct.
But a decent gentleman would have not fought the 104K settlement. In my Opinion, he was a cheapskate and a jerk.
I’ll chime in — Gold digger. She CHOSE to live with him and not get married; he chose the same. They both got what they wanted — no committment, ‘freedom’ from having to put your money where your mouth is. She chose that with Dick Van Dyke too. What is it with Hollywood? The oldest teenagers around, living in rebellion.
She was a nobody and always has been. Who was the "user?" She had her price and he met it, until she decided to change the deal.
Someday people will learn not to pick and choose sides when pigs fight each other.
They simply ended up haggling over the price.
I liked him. A good entertainer. He kept his politics to himself, as far as I was aware.
Uh, and you have a problem???
Its not always the man’s fault, in this case, it would have been the gentlemanly thing to do. $104K after 6 years is hardly ‘gold digging”.
He just doesn’t have class in this situation...No need to defend a cheapskate by insulting me.
the guy was cheap. That is my only comment.
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