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Mar 18, 2023 · Jack Denison was a Las Vegas restaurant owner who showed his affection for Dandridge by having fresh flowers sent to her dressing room every single night. Even in 1959, when their romance began, this must have been a costly way to show interest.
Oct 14, 2020 · There was a disastrous marriage to failing nightclub owner Jack Denison, which was filled with drinking and intense fights.
Dandridge married Jack Denison on June 22, 1959. They divorced in 1962, amid financial setbacks and allegations of domestic violence. [45] Dandridge discovered that the people who were handling her finances had swindled her out of $150,000, and she owed $139,000 in back taxes.
Aug 17, 2022 · As described in a documentary by Biography, one of these men was Jack Denison, a white nightclub owner. Denison was cruel and abusive, and insisted that she perform at his failing club to save him from bankruptcy. Although they divorced, the financial and emotional damage was done.
- Controversy Remains Over the Cause of Her Death. There still is debate among forensic scientists as to the exact cause of Dandridge’s death. One pathology institute insists that she died of a likely accidental overdose of the antidepressant imipramine.
- She Was Found Dead At Only 42. Only hours after phone calls to friends in which she stated, ominously, “Whatever happens, I know you will understand,” Dorothy Dandridge was found dead in her apartment at age 42.
- Dorothy Was Constantly In and Out of Apartments. With her continuing financial woes, worsened by her acrimonious divorce from second husband Jack Denison, Dandridge rarely stayed in any one place for long.
- Her Second Husband Was, At the Least, Verbally Abusive. Dandridge’s second marriage lasted less than three years. Married in 1952, they were engaged in a bitter divorce with allegations of domestic violence by 1962.
Apr 2, 2014 · On the rebound, Dandridge married her second husband, Jack Denison, in 1959, though that proved to be another troubled relationship.
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He was Jack Denison, a former Las Vegas maitre d' who had recently purchased a night club on Hollywood's Sunset Strip in partnership with Sammy Davis, Jr. Denison suggested Dandridge return to her show-business roots by performing at his club, hoping her name would bring in an audience and give his business venture a successful launch.