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* Paul Walker, the 40-year-old star of the movie series ''Fast & Furious'', was traveling at the "unsafe speed" of more than 100 miles per hour in a luxury sports car driven by his business partner, resulting in the tragic deaths of both.<ref>Alexander, Bryan (January 3, 2014). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/01/03/paul-walker-coroner-report/4306673/ "Paul Walker crash detailed in coroner's report"]. USA Today/Life.</ref>

* Dennis Farina, from [[NBC]]'s crime dramas, ''Crime Story'' (1986-1988) and ''Law and Order'' from 2004-2006, was arrested in 2008 for carrying an unregistered loaded handgun through Los Angeles International Airport. He was convicted that year, served two years probation and was fined $1991.00. Ironically, Farina was a police officer in real life-[[Chicago]] from 1967-1985.

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* Frances Farmer, arrested in 1942 for driving with bright lights in a "dim out" zone that affected the West Coast during World War II and ~~was~~ convicted of drunk driving.<ref>[http://www.biography.com/people/frances-farmer-9542364 "Frances Farmer biography"] (2011 or before) Bio website. Retrieved on September 15, 2015.</ref> In 1943, she assaulted a hairdresser who she ~~said~~ insulted her and also failed to appear in court for the remainder of her previous fine. When arrested in 1943, she resisted and was eventually placed under guardianship of her mother, who eventually committed her to various psychiatric hospitals until 1950 (the guardianship lasted until 1953). In 1963, after what was thought to have been a departure from her former hard drinking lifestyle, she was arrested again for drunk driving and received a one-year license suspension.

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* Frances Farmer, arrested in 1942 for driving with bright lights in a "dim out" zone that affected the West Coast during World War II and convicted of drunk driving.<ref>[http://www.biography.com/people/frances-farmer-9542364 "Frances Farmer biography"] (2011 or before) Bio website. Retrieved on September 15, 2015.</ref> In 1943, she assaulted a hairdresser who she claimed insulted her and also failed to appear in court for the remainder of her previous fine. When arrested in 1943, she resisted and was eventually placed under guardianship of her mother, who eventually committed her to various psychiatric hospitals until 1950 (the guardianship lasted until 1953). In 1963, after what was thought to have been a departure from her former hard drinking lifestyle, she was arrested again for drunk driving and received a one-year license suspension.

* [[Paris Hilton]] was convicted in 2007 of driving while intoxicated, and then violated the terms of her probation, leading to a 45-day prison sentence.<ref>Associated Press (May 4, 2007). [http://www.today.com/id/18472845#.VfjeFBFVhBc "Paris Hilton sentenced to 45 days in jail"]. Today Show website.</ref> She was also arrested in Las Vegas on August 27, 2010 for possession of a controlled substance, [[cocaine]]. The hotel heiress was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped by police. The driver was arrested for DUI pertaining to drugs, not alcohol. Through further interaction between Hilton and authorities, it was discovered she was in possession of a controlled substance.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/08/28/paris-hilton-arrested-drug-possession/ "Paris Hilton arrested for cocaine possession."] (August 28, 2010). Fox News website/Fox 411.</ref> In order to avoid prison, Hilton pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors, and received a sentence of one year's probation, a fine, community service and also was ordered to complete a drug abuse program.

* Actress Lori Petty, who was featured in ''Free Willy'' and ''A League of their Own'', ran into a 14-year-old skateboarder and was arrested for felony drunk driving charges.<ref>Jones, Anthony (June 1, 2009). [https://web.archive.org/web/20100131044820/http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7015343906 "Actress Lori Petty arrested for drunk driving after hitting teen with vehicle"]. All Headline News website. Retrieved from January 31, 2010 archive at Internet Archive.</ref>

* Craig Phillip Robinson, the actor famous for playing Darryl Philbin on NBC's ''The Office'', "was arrested on June 29, 2008, on suspicion of possessing MDMA, also known as ecstasy, and methamphetamine."<ref>Associated Press (August 15, 2008). [https://web.archive.org/web/20080817054845/https://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/15/office.actor.arrested.ap/index.html "'Office' star Craig Robinson arrested"]. Cable News Network website/Entertainment. Retrieved from August 17, 2008 archive at Internet Archive.</ref>

* [[Winona Ryder]] was convicted of vandalism and grand theft for stealing designer merchandise worth $5,560.40.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20031212024546/http://www.courttv.com/trials/ryder/ "Winona Ryder shoplifting trial - full coverage"] (2003). CourtTV/Trials. Retrieved from December 18, 2003 archive at Internet Archive.</ref>

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* [[O.J. Simpson]] is widely believed to have murdered his ~~second ex-~~wife and her friend, and was found liable for this in a civil ~~liability~~ trial. He ~~left California for Florida in 2000 to avoid paying any more of the liability amount to the families of the deceased and was~~ convicted ~~in 2008~~ of unrelated felonies ~~committed in~~ [[~~Las Vegas~~]], [[Nevada]] in ~~2007, served almost nine years~~ in Nevada's Lovelock Prison until October 2017 ~~and is currently on parole in Las Vegas until 2022~~.

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* [[O.J. Simpson]] is widely believed to have murdered his wife and her friend, and was found liable for this in a civil (but not criminal) trial. He has since been convicted of unrelated felonies outside [[California]] ([[Nevada]] in 2008) and was serving time in Nevada's Lovelock Prison until October 2017.

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* [[Jim Bakker]], televangelist for the PTL Club, was convicted of accounting fraud in 1989, stemming from the televangelism scandals of the later 1980s. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison and a $500,000 fine, but this sentence was commuted to eight years, the fine was voided ~~and Bakker was placed on parole in 1994 but owed $6,000,000 to the [[Internal Revenue Service]]~~.

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* [[Jim Bakker]], televangelist for the PTL Club, was convicted of accounting fraud in 1989, stemming from the televangelism scandals of the later 1980s. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison and a $500,000 fine, but this sentence was commuted to eight years and the fine was voided.

* [[Jimmy Swaggart]], also a televangelist that was involved in the late 1980s televangelism scandals, was caught in 1991 with yet another prostitute while in Indio, [[California]], and when asked about it, he said "The Lord said it's flat none of your business".

*Lana Turner was involved with [[Mafia]] enforcer John Stompanato, who tried murdering her in 1958, but was himself killed by Lana's daughter, Cheryl, then 14, in an incident that would be ruled justifiable.

*Hugh Grant was arrested in 1995 in Los Angeles when he was found in a car with a known prostitute.<ref>[http://www.mugshots.org/hollywood/hugh-grant.html "Hugh Grant mugshot"] (1999). Mugshots.org website.</ref>

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*Stacy Keach, movie ~~and television~~ actor, was sentenced to 9 months imprisonment in the [[United Kingdom]] in 1984 after being arrested at [[London]] [[Heathrow Airport]] in possession of a large quantity of [[cocaine]].

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*Stacy Keach, movie actor, was sentenced to 9 months imprisonment in the [[United Kingdom]] in 1984 after being arrested at [[London]] [[Heathrow Airport]] in possession of a large quantity of [[cocaine]].

*Kiefer Sutherland, an actor starring in Fox television series ''24'' was given a 48-day sentence for DUI in 2007, an offense committed while still on probation following a 2004 conviction for DUI.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7200633.stm "Sutherland is released from jail"] (January 21, 2008). BBC News website/Entertainment.</ref> He was also charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly head-butting a fashion designer at a nightclub in 2009.<ref>Long, Colleen and McCartney, Anthony (May 8, 2009). [https://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47880 "‘24’ star Kiefer Sutherland charged for allegedly head-butting a fashion designer"]. Associated Press. Retrieved from CNSNews.com website.</ref>

*Linda Blair of ''[[The Exorcist]]'''s I & II fame was arrested in 1977 for possession of [[cocaine]] with intent to sell.

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Many celebrities and other exponents of Hollywood Values have no respect for the sanctity of marriage—their own or anyone else's. This is manifested in a high rate of marriage breakdown, and by the home-wrecking activities of the promiscuous, whose moral outlooks have been distorted by liberal and atheistic teachings.

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*Bonnie Lee Bakely was married ten times, divorced four, annulled five and her last marriage (to Robert Blake) was the only one ending in death—hers in 2001.

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*~~Marion Barry,~~ [[~~Washington D.C~~.]]~~'s second ever mayor after Walter Washington~~, ~~best known for~~ his ~~videotaped crack bust in 1990, first three marriages ended in divorce, including the one to Effi Slaughter~~, his ~~third wife with whom he had his only child and was married to when he was in the videotape with a model. His fourth~~ marriage ~~to Cora Masters when the one to Effi ended was the only one that ended in death-his in 2014~~.

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*[[Cecil B. DeMille]], despite his direction of popular Biblical epics, committed [[adultery]] during his marriage.

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*Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress who achieved U.S. fame in the 1940s with ''[[Casablanca]]'' (1942) and ''The Bells Of St. Mary's'' (1945). In 1950, Ingrid, who was married to fellow Swede, Peter Lindstrom, had an affair with director Roberto Rosellini while in Italy filming his direction of the movie, ''Stromboli'' (1950) and remained there after becoming pregnant with his child. This caused her to be blacklisted from U.S. films and denounced from pulpits as "an agent of evil" until her U.S. comeback in ''Anastasia'' (1956). Her marriage to Rosellini, like the one to Lindstrom, ended in divorce, as did her third and last marriage afterwards to Lars Schmidt ~~(1958-1978)~~, ~~four years before~~ her ~~death in 1982~~.

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*Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress who achieved U.S. fame in the 1940s with ''[[Casablanca]]'' (1942) and ''[[The Bells Of St. Mary's]]'' (1945). In 1950, Ingrid, who was married to fellow Swede, Peter Lindstrom, had an affair with director Roberto Rosellini while in Italy filming his direction of the movie, ''[[Stromboli]]'' (1950) and remained there after becoming pregnant with his child. This caused her to be blacklisted from U.S. films for five-six years and denounced from pulpits as "an agent of evil" until her U.S. comeback in ''[[Anastasia]]'' (1956). Her marriage to Rosellini, like the one to Lindstrom, ended in divorce, as did her third and last marriage afterwards to Lars Schmidt. Bergman died August 29, 1982 in London on the night of her 67th birthday.

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*~~Jacqueline Bisset, like Greta Garbo and Lauren Hutton, also never got~~ married ~~but was involved in many long term romances with actors~~, ~~directors~~, ~~dancers from various countries like Canada, Russia~~ and ~~Turkey.~~

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*Bonnie Lee Bakely was married ten times, divorced four, annulled five and her last marriage (to [[Robert Blake]]) was the only one ending in death—hers in 2001.

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*[[~~Michael Bloomberg~~]]~~, New York City's mayor from 2002-2013 who continued his predecessor Giuliani's zero-tolerance and "stop and frisk" policies towards street crimes divorced his former wife~~ in ~~1993 after 18 years of marriage and two children and has been living with his domestic partner Diana Taylor since 2000~~.

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*[[Humphrey Bogart]], His first three marriages ended in divorce and his fourth (to [[Lauren Bacall]]) was the only one ending in death—his in 1957, age 51.

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*[[Humphrey Bogart]], His first three marriages ended in divorce and his fourth (to Lauren Bacall) was the only one ending in death—his in 1957, 51.

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*Joan Crawford (real name Lucille Fay LeSueur), last of Hollywood's "movie queens" with roles spanning 45 years (1925-1970, most of her popularity in the 1930s) and long since a [[homosexual]] [[idol]], was married and divorced three times and named as the 'other woman' in at least one affair with a married man. Her fourth and last marriage to [[PepsiCo, Inc|Pepsi Company]]'s president Alfred Steele was the only one ending in death (his in 1959). When Joan died in 1977, her public disinheriting of her two oldest remaining adopted children from her $2M estate "for reasons that should be well known to them" was said to have caused her oldest daughter, Christina, to write her best-selling book ''Mommie Dearest'' (1978, adapted into film in 1981), which alleged a lifetime of [[Adultery|extramarital affairs]], [[alcoholism]] and selfishness-based [[child abuse]] at a time when child abuse was rarely talked about in public. Unfortunately, like her adoptive mother, Christina also got married and divorced three times in her own lifetime.

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*William Bratton, Los Angeles Police Department chief from 2002-2009 after previously commissioner of Boston Police Department from 1993-1994 and New York City's from 1994-1996 and 2014-2016 first three marriages ended in divorce before his current marriage (1999-present).

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*Frances Farmer, who was the subject of a 1982 biopic starring Jessica Lange (who herself adopted Frances' lifestyle into her own real life), as a [[public school]]er in 1931 denied God in a controversial award-winning high school essay called ''God Dies'' and in 1935, visited the [[USSR]], was also popular in the 1930s to the point of being considered "the next [[Greta Garbo]]", had three marriages at least two of whom ended in divorce, with extramarital affairs during at least one that included one with married play writer Clifford Odets. She also had a then-illegal [[abortion]] which left her sterile; the guilt of which caused her to avoid all contact with children. In 1958, however, when she moved to [[Indianapolis]] (she died there in 1970 at age 56), a friend's child whispered to her that she was "good", something that nobody ever said or thought about her before. Soon afterwards, she went to St. [[Joan of Arc]] Catholic Church in where she went to [[confession]] of all her sins and took up classes about and in 1959 was baptized into the Catholic faith, turning away from her former lifestyle.

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*Joan Crawford (real name Lucille Fay LeSueur), last of Hollywood's "movie queens" with roles spanning 45 years (1925-1970, most of her popularity in the 1930s) and long since a [[homosexual]] [[idol]], was married and divorced three times and named as the 'other woman' in at least one affair with a married man. Her fourth and last marriage to [[PepsiCo, Inc|Pepsi Company]]'s president Alfred Steele was the only one ending in death (his in 1959). When ~~she~~ died in 1977, her public disinheriting of her two oldest remaining adopted children from her $2M estate "for reasons that should be well known to them" was said to have caused her oldest daughter, Christina, to write her best-selling book ''Mommie Dearest'' (1978, adapted into film in 1981), which alleged a lifetime of [[Adultery|extramarital affairs]], [[alcoholism]] and selfishness-based [[child abuse]] at a time when child abuse was rarely talked about in public. Unfortunately, like her adoptive mother, Christina also got married and divorced three times in her own lifetime.

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*[[Greta Garbo]] shunned marriage for herself altogether but instead engaged in numerous affairs with married men.

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*[[Cecil B. DeMille]], despite his direction of popular Biblical epics, committed [[adultery]] during his marriage to Constance Adams that, surprisingly, lasted until his death in 1959, age 77.

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*[[Ava Gardener]] was married three times between 1942-1957. During her marriage to Frank Sinatra (1951-1957, her last), she got pregnant twice and aborted both children because MGM had all sorts of penalty clauses about their stars having babies.

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*Frances Farmer, who was the subject of a 1982 biopic starring Jessica Lange (who herself adopted Frances' lifestyle into her own real life), as a [[public school]]er in 1931 denied God in a controversial award-winning high school essay called ''God Dies'' and in 1935, visited the [[USSR]], was also popular in the 1930s to the point of being considered "the next Greta Garbo", had three marriages at least two of whom ended in divorce, with extramarital affairs during at least one that included one with married play writer Clifford Odets. She also had a then-illegal [[abortion]] which left her sterile; the guilt of which caused her to avoid all contact with children. In 1958, however, when she moved to [[Indianapolis]] (she died there in 1970 at age 56), a friend's child whispered to her "~~I love you because you're~~ good", something that nobody ever said or ~~maybe even~~ thought about her before. Soon afterwards, she went to St. [[Joan of Arc]] Catholic Church in where she went to [[confession]] of all her sins and took up classes about and in 1959 was baptized into the Catholic faith, turning away from her former lifestyle~~, at least until a 1963 arrest for drunk driving~~.

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*[[Judy Garland]], best known for her "Dorothy Gale" role in ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' (1939) had five marriages, the first four ended in divorce, the last ended only three months later in her death 1969 from a barbiturate overdose at age 46.

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*~~Mark Fuhrman, a former Los Angeles Police Department officer like William Bratton, who himself was the perjurer in the 1995~~ [[~~O.J. Simpson~~]] ~~murder trial, all three of his marriages ended in divorce.~~

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*[[Florence Henderson]], despite her wholesome ''Carol Brady'' image on ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'', fell victim to these values (adultery) during her first marriage to Ira Bernstein in the late 1960s and early 1970s in an affair with [[New York City]]'s then-mayor John Lindsay, who she claims gave her crab lice. She divorced Berstein in 1985 and married John Kappas in 1987, which lasted until his death in 2002.

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*Greta Garbo shunned marriage for herself altogether but instead engaged in numerous affairs with married men.

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*[[Katharine Hepburn]], whose movie and TV career spanned over 60 years, married just to get money for her career in 1928 at age 21. The marriage ended in divorce in 1934 after only six years and by her choice never had any children. Shortly after her divorce, she entered into adulterous relationships with her married agent, [[Leland Hayward]] as well as [[Howard Hughes]] and [[Spencer Tracy]], the latter for 26 years until Tracy's death in 1967. The only "respect" Katharine had for Spencer's marriage to fellow actress Louise Treadwell was that she avoided his funeral since Treadwell and their children would be there.

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*Ava ~~Gardner~~ was married ~~and divorced~~ three times between 1942-1957 ~~and cheated during the marriages~~. During her marriage to Frank Sinatra (1951-1957, her last), she got pregnant twice and aborted both children because MGM had all sorts of penalty clauses about their stars having babies.

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*[[Judy Garland]], best known for her "Dorothy Gale" role in ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' (1939) had five marriages, the first four ended in divorce, the last ended only three months later in her death in 1969 from a barbiturate overdose at age 46.

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*Newton "Newt" Gingrich, 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives 1995-1999, was married three times, divorced twice over affairs

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~~he had during his first two marriages.~~

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*[[~~Rudolph Giuliani]], [[New York City~~]]'s law and order mayor from 1994-2001, was married three times, the first to Regina Peruggi from 1968-1983 until he found that she was his second cousin. During his second marriage (1984-2002) to local television personality Donna Hanover, he had affairs with his press secretary, Christyne Lategano, and with Judith Nathan, even providing Nathan with police escorted chauffeuring services and bringing her to Gracie Manson. In 2002, his divorce from Hanover was finalized and he married Nathan in 2003, making it Nathan's third marriage after two previous divorces. In 2018, Nathan filed for divorce from Giuliani, who is currently dating Republican fundraiser Jennifer LeBlanc.

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*Harold "Hal" Lindsey, Christian evangelist, author of the 1970 best seller ''The Late Great Planet Earth'', which was made into a movie in 1979, was himself married and divorced three times and his fourth marriage was/is now in ''filed for divorce'' status.

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*Florence Henderson, despite her wholesome ''Carol Brady'' image on ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'', ~~had~~ an affair with ~~then future~~ New York City mayor John Lindsay ~~in the 1960's during her first marriage to Ira Bernstein with whom~~ she ~~had all four of her children. She said Lindsay~~ gave her crab lice. She divorced ~~Bernstein~~ in 1985 ~~after 29 years~~ and married John Kappas in 1987, which lasted until his death in 2002.

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*[[Katharine Hepburn]], whose movie and TV career spanned over 60 years, married ~~in 1928 at age 21~~ just to get money for her career. The marriage ended in divorce in 1934 after only six years and by her ~~own~~ choice ~~she~~ never had any children. Shortly after her divorce, she entered into adulterous relationships with her married agent, Leland Hayward as well as ~~with~~ Howard Hughes and Spencer Tracy, the latter for 26 years until Tracy's death in 1967. The only "respect" Katharine had for Spencer's marriage to fellow actress Louise Treadwell was that she avoided his funeral since Treadwell and their children would be there.

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*[[John Huston]], known for his multi roles in ''The Bible: In The Beginning'' (1966) as the film's director, narrator, [[Noah]] and [[God]]'s voice, was married five times but had affairs in all his marriages, the fourth of who was the only one ending in death-his fourth wife's in 1969.

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*Lauren Hutton shunned marriage for herself altogether but was involved in a 27 year relationship with her manager Robert Williamson.

*[[Lana Turner]] Seven of her eight of her marriages ended in divorce and one in [[annulment]]. Two of them (her second & third) were to the same man, Steven Crane.

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*[[Larry King]] (real name Lawrence Zeiger) has been married eight times to seven different women.

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*[[Larry King]] (real name Lawrence Zeiger) has been married eight (8) times to seven (7) different women.

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*Orenthal James, "O.J.", Simpson, cheated on his first wife, Marguerite L. Whitley, with Nicole Brown, who he met in 1977 while still married to Whitley and with whom he would be charged with spousal abuse of and eventually divorced from in 1992, two years before Brown's ~~and her companion's murders in 1994~~ that he would be charged with, acquitted of in 1995 but found civilly liable in 1997 for ~~both deaths~~ and ordered to pay $33.5 million to hers and her companion's, Ronald Goldmans', families.

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*Orenthal James, "O.J.", Simpson, cheated on his first wife, Marguerite L. Whitley, with Nicole Brown, who he met in 1977 while still married to Whitley and with whom he would be charged with spousal abuse of and eventually divorced from in 1992, two years before Brown's murder that he would be charged with in 1994, acquitted of in 1995 but found civilly liable in 1997 for Brown's death and ordered to pay $33.5 million to hers and her companion's, Ronald Goldmans', families.

*Elizabeth Taylor has been married eight (8) times, including a nearly 6-year marriage to [[John Warner|Senator John Warner]] (R-VA). Taylor was married to and divorced twice from [[Richard Burton]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000072/bio "Elizabeth Taylor biography"] (2004 or bef.). Internet Movie Data Base website.</ref>

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*Spencer Tracy, best known as Father Flannigan in both ''[[Boys Town]]'' films (1938 and 1941) and also for the pro- [[evolution]] ''[[Inherit the Wind]]'' (1960) and post [[World War II]] courtroom drama ''Judgment at Nuremberg'' (1961), was married to Louise Ten Broeck Treadwell from 1923-his death in 1967 but engaged in affairs with [[Joan Crawford]], [[Ingrid Bergman]] and his longest one with [[Katharine Hepburn]] until his death, claiming his "devout Catholic faith" was why he never got or sought a divorce from Treadwell.

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*Spencer Tracy, best known as Father Flannigan in both ''[[Boys Town]]'' films (1938 and 1941) and also for the pro- [[evolution]] ''[[Inherit the Wind]]'' (1960) and post [[World War II]] courtroom drama ''[[Judgment at Nuremberg]]'' (1961), was married to Louise Ten Broeck Treadwell from 1923-his death in 1967 but engaged in affairs with [[Joan Crawford]], [[Ingrid Bergman]] and his longest one with [[Katharine Hepburn]] until his death in 1967, claiming his "devout Catholic faith" was why he never got or sought a divorce from Treadwell.

*Valerie Bertinelli said her divorce from [[Eddie Van Halen]] was caused by infidelity and drug use—by both spouses. She said she was "destroying my body," trying to keep up with a rock-star lifestyle.<ref>Associated Press (February 26, 2008). [https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,332551,00.html "Valerie Bertinelli about divorce from Eddie Van Halen: 'I wasn't an angel either'"]. Fox News website. See [[Fox News Channel]], [[Associated Press]]</ref>

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*Jolie Gabor, mother of the acting family ~~the~~ Gabor ~~sisters (see individual entries below for each sister)~~, and an actress herself, was twice divorced ~~before~~ her third ~~marriage~~ (to Count Edmond de Szigethy in 1957) was the only one lasting until death-his ~~(de Szigethy's)~~ in 1989.

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*Jolie Gabor, mother of the acting family of Magda, Zsa Zsa and Eva Gabor, and an actress herself, was twice divorced out of her three marriages,

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the third of whom (to Count Edmond de Szigethy in 1957) was the only one lasting until death-his in 1989.

*Magda Gabor, oldest sister of both Eva and Zsa Zsa Gabor, was married six times, divorced four, annulled once and whose fourth marriage (to Tony Gallucci in 1956) was the only one ending in death-Gallucci's in 1957. Magda never had any children.

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*Zsa Zsa Gabor, middle sister of the Gabor acting family, has been married nine times. Her second marriage-to Hilton ~~Hotels~~ magnate Conrad Hilton from 1942-1947-was the only one where she (the only Gabor sister to do so) had any children (one with Hilton). One of her marriages—to Felipe de Alba in 1983—was annulled after one day. Her most recent (9th) marriage to Frederic Prinz von Anhalt in 1986 was the only one ending in death-hers on December 18, 2016 at age 99.

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*Zsa Zsa Gabor, middle sister of the Gabor acting family, has been married nine times. Her second marriage-to Hilton Hotel magnate Conrad Hilton from 1942-1947-was the only one where she (the only Gabor sister to do so) had any children (one with Hilton). One of her marriages—to Felipe de Alba in 1983—was annulled after one day. Her most recent (9th) marriage to Frederic Prinz von Anhalt in 1986 was the only one ending in death-hers on December 18, 2016 at age 99.

*Eva Gabor, youngest sister of both Magda and Zsa Zsa, was married and divorced five times and had extramarital affairs with [[Frank Sinatra]] among others. Eva, like her sister Magda, never had any children.

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*Mickey Rooney has been married eight times, but has been with his last wife for 30 years after embracing religion and abandoning his previous lifestyle.

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*Mickey Rooney has been married eight (8) times, but has been with his last wife for 30 years after embracing religion and abandoning his previous lifestyle.

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*[[Frank Sinatra]] was married four times, divorced the first three, had affairs with Ava ~~Gardner~~ and Zsa Zsa Gabor and ~~also~~ had flings with [[prostitutes]].

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*[[Frank Sinatra]] was married four times, divorced the first three, had affairs with [[Ava Gardener]] and [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]] and had flings with [[prostitutes]].

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*[[Charlie Chaplin]] married four times, including his marriage at the age of 54 to an 18-year-old bride.

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*[[Charlie Chaplin]] married four (4) times, including his marriage at the age of 54 to an 18-year-old bride.

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*[[James Cameron]] has been married five times, one of which ended when he cheated on his wife. He also had an out of wedlock child with his fourth wife.

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*[[James Cameron]] has been married five (5) times, one of which ended when he cheated on his wife. He also had an out of wedlock child with his fourth wife.

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*[[Johnny Carson]] married four times, and frequently made light of his having divorced three times, as if this were something funny.

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*[[Johnny Carson]] married four (4) times, and frequently made light of his having divorced three times, as if this were something funny.

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*[[Meredith Baxter]] from ''[[Family Ties]]'', was married and divorced four times. In 2009, she finally admitted that she is a [[homosexual]].

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*[[Meredith Baxter]] from ''[[Family Ties]]'', was married and divorced four (4) times. In 2009, she finally admitted that she is a [[homosexual]].

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*[[Larry Flynt]]'s first three marriages ended in divorce, his fourth marriage was the only one ending in [[widow]]ment (his by Althea's death in 1987) and his current one to Elizabeth Berrios in 1998 ~~was~~ when his daughter, Toyna, published her book ''Hustled'' in which she claims she was sexually abused as a child by him and has since been disowned when she became a [[Christian]] and anti-[[pornography]] [[activist]].

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*[[Larry Flynt]]'s first three marriages ended in divorce, his fourth marriage was the only one ending in [[widow]]ment (his by Althea's death in 1987) and his current one to Elizabeth Berrios in 1998 came when his daughter, Toyna, published her book ''Hustled'' in which she claims she was sexually abused as a child by him and has since been disowned when she became a [[Christian]] and anti-[[pornography]] [[activist]].

*In 2009, the married [[David Letterman]] admitted to having had adulterous sexual relationships with multiple members of his staff; he had previously fathered a child out of wedlock.

*[[Jayne Mansfield]] was married three times and had numerous extramarital affairs. She appeared in the centerfold of the pornographic magazine ''Playboy'', and died in 1967 at 42 in an automobile accident that was said to have been brought on by a curse placed by [[Satanist]] [[Anton LaVey]] on her lover, [[Sam Brody]], who was driving at the time and had also died, after expressing his hate for LaVey's cult.

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*[[Keith Richards]], guitarist of the [[Rolling Stones]], has said that he snorted his father's ashes.<ref>[http://www.today.com/id/17933669/ns/today-entertainment/t/keith-richards-says-he-snorted-fathers-ashes/#.Vhe7vvlVhBd "Keith Richards says he snorted father's ashes"] (April 4, 2007). Today Show website/Celebrities.</ref>

*During one of his performances, [[Michael Richards]] lashed at a member of the audience with racial slurs.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/tv/story/2006/11/20/kramer-racial-slurs.html "Richards 'deeply, deeply sorry' for racial slurs"] (November 20, 2006). CBC News website/Arts & entertainment.</ref>

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*Larry Wachowski, one of the directors of ''[[The Matrix]]'', previously dressed in drag before receiving a sex change and now goes by Lana Wachowski. His brother, Andy Wachowski, would later ~~undergo~~ a sex change himself and go by the name Lilly Wachowski.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/03/09/matrix-director-wachowski-comes-out-as-transgender/81520588/</ref>

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*Larry Wachowski, one of the directors of ''[[The Matrix]]'', previously dressed in drag before receiving a sex change and now goes by Lana Wachowski. His brother, Andy Wachowski, would later conduct a sex change himself and go by the name Lilly Wachowski.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/03/09/matrix-director-wachowski-comes-out-as-transgender/81520588/</ref>

*International filmmaker, Federico Fellini did acid as a source of inspiration.

*Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of ''[[South Park]]'', attended the 2000 Academy Award Ceremony while dressed in drag; later on they admitted to taking drugs prior to doing so.<ref>Evon, Dan (September 30, 2011). [http://www.inquisitr.com/146670/trey-parker-and-matt-stone-say-acid-trip-was-behind-drag-appearance-at-2000-oscars/ "Trey Parker and Matt Stone say acid trip was behind drag appearance at 2000 Oscars"]. The Inquisitr website/Entertainment/Celebrity news.</ref>

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*''[[Jackass]]'' — These films are essentially montages of ridiculous stunts and pranks with no coherent stories.

*''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'' 1990s MTV series and its 1996 [[movie]] adaptation, "Beavis and Butthead Do America", make fun of injuries and their related suffering and, in the movie version, "moon" (expose their buttockses to) nuns.

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* Mel Brooks' ''History of The World Part I'' (1981) makes fun of, among other things, the Dawn of Man by showing cavemen breaking their own feet to make "music" from the resulting screams and creating the first [[homosexual marriage]], the [[Old Testament]]'s [[Moses]] bringing the [[Ten Commandments]] to the Israelites by literally breaking the extra five, many sex jokes and a mockery of the [[Last Supper]] in its [[Roman Empire]] segment, mockery of the sufferings of [[Jews]] in its [[Spanish Inquisition]] segment and shows France's King Louis XVI (played by Brooks) in its [[French Revolution]] segment using real humans as skeet targets for his target practice games, while hypocritically saying, "I detest violence".

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* Mel Brooks' ''History of The World Part I'' (1981) makes fun of, among other things, the Dawn of Man by showing cavemen breaking their own feet to make "music" from the resulting screams and creating the first [[homosexual marriage]], the [[Old Testament]]'s [[Moses]] bringing of the [[Ten Commandments]] to the Israelites by literally breaking the extra five, many sex jokes and a mockery of the [[Last Supper]] in its [[Roman Empire]] segment, mockery of the sufferings of [[Jews]] in its [[Spanish Inquisition]] segment and shows France's King Louis XVI (played by Brooks) in its [[French Revolution]] segment using real humans as skeet targets for his target practice games, while hypocritically saying, "I detest violence".

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* TV sitcoms ''All In The Family'' and its first spinoff, ''Maude'', included controversial subjects in an often depressing way. ''Maude'' for example, had its title character getting an [[abortion]] in its first year. Later ~~sitcoms~~ ''Married With Children'', ''Roseanne'', ''The Simpsons'' (latter is still running ~~since its December 1989 pilot debut~~)~~, ''South Park'', ''Family Guy'' and ''According to Jim''~~ are also full of such humor.

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* TV sitcoms ''All In The Family'' and its first spinoff, ''Maude'', included controversial subjects in an often depressing way. ''Maude'' for example, had its title character getting an [[abortion]] in its first year. Later sitcom entries ''Married With Children'', ''Roseanne'' and ''The Simpsons'' (latter is still running over 25 years on) are also full of such humor.

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* ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'' may be seen by some as offensive humor due to its unreal depiction of [[Nazi]] POW camps during [[World War II]]. However, Werner Klemperer (who played Colonel Klink) was born in Germany to a Jewish father; his family was able to emigrate to the United States ~~before~~ World War II ~~started~~, and he refused to accept the role unless Klink was portrayed as an unsuccessful fool.

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* ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'' may be seen by some as offensive humor due to its unreal depiction of [[Nazi]] POW camps during [[World War II]]. However, Werner Klemperer (who played Colonel Klink) was born in Germany to a Jewish father; his family was able to emigrate to the United States prior to World War II, and he refused to accept the role unless Klink was portrayed as an unsuccessful fool.

* ''[[South Park]]'' — uses constant iterations of urine, feces, farting and shock humor, such as jokes about [[abortion]], [[rape]] and the [[Holocaust]].

*''There's Something About Mary'' — contains gratuitous sex and jokes about bodily functions.

*''[[Family Guy]]'' — notorious for its shock tactics, this show routinely employs willful tastelessness for comedic shock value. Examples include one regular character who is a pedophile, a pet dog who drinks as well as constant Hitler jokes.

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*''Cheech and Chong'' films ~~star~~ the original "pot pair".

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*''Cheech and Chong'' films are the original "pot pair".

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*''Harold and Kumar'' films - the adventures of ~~an Asian~~ pot-smoking duo that play up ethnic stereotypes, à la Cheech & Chong.

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*''Harold and Kumar'' films - the adventures of the pot-smoking duo that play up ethnic stereotypes, à la Cheech & Chong.

*''[[Dogma]]'' — a movie that makes fun of the Bible and religion.

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* Lowbrow comedy film series' like ''Porky's'', ''Vacation'' ([[Chevy Chase]], Beverly D'Angelo), ''Police Academy'', ''Bachelor Party'' and ''Revenge of The Nerds'' ~~pics~~ are full of all of the above.

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* Lowbrow comedy film series' like ''Porky's'', ''Vacation'' ([[Chevy Chase]], Beverly D'Angelo), ''Police Academy'', ''Bachelor Party'' and ''Revenge of The Nerds'' are full of all of the above.

* ''Heathers''<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097493/ "Heathers"] (2015 or bef.) Internet Movie Data Base website.</ref> — a pathetically grim 1989 teen comedy featuring [[public school]] high schoolers killing other students and making their deaths look like suicides.

*''Delgo'' Relatively tame, with some humor aimed at bodily functions.

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