Lee de Forest had
four wives. The first of these, in 1906, was Lucille Sheardown, a
marriage that was not consummated and ended in divorce that same year.
The second, in 1907, was Nora Blatch, who bore him a child, but Nora
was a liberated woman with an engineering background. After a few
years she realized that she did not want to live in the shadow of
de Forest, and by 1911 they were divorced. By 1912, de Forest had
remarried, this time to singer Mary Mayo. By 1930, de Forest had married
his fourth and final wife, the silent film actress Marie Mosquini.
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The
third time may or may not be the charm. This is Mary Mayo, Lee's 3rd
wife, and they remained together and happy for nearly 15 years and
together had two children, one of whom died at birth. |
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Happiness
to de Forest was his New York home which he called Riverlure. On the
banks of the Hudson, he was forced to sell it to pay his court debts. |
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