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Allene Gates (1948-1962) – Gates was a golfer and a non-swimmer half Johnny’s age. According to Tarzan, My Father, she was Johnny’s best wife and became the mother that Johnny Jr. always wanted. They married at the Donner Trail Ranch near Reno immediately following Johnny’s divorce from wife No. 3 (above).
Jan 22, 1984 · That marriage ended in divorce, as did his fourth to golfer Allene Gates. Mr. Weissmuller and his fifth wife, Maria, first lived in Las Vegas, where he was a host at Caesars Palace Hotel in...
For example, Scott seemed to be interested in raising a family in peace and quiet. Weissmuller, on the other hand, seemed to be interested in other women. Namely, the highly accomplished amateur golfer, Allene Gates. Paul Carsola, Flickr. 53. He Settled Down. Weissmuller had met Gates at the California Country Club where he liked to golf.
Jan 21, 1984 · That marriage ended in divorce as did his fourth to golfer Allene Gates in 1962. In recent years Weissmuller and his fifth wife, Maria, lived in Las Vegas, Nev., where he was a host at...
A few years earlier, Johnny was playing his usual rounds at the California Country Club when he met Allene Gates, daughter of a pro golf celebrity and an accomplished amateur golfer in her own right. The friendship turned romantic after a couple of years, and they were wed shortly after the divorce.
Golfer, Allene Gates (1948-1962) Maria Brock Mandell Bauman (1963- his death) In 1973 Weissmuller fractured his hip in a fall and this marked the beginning of a series of health problems. He had a series of strokes in 1977and he lived the last part of his life quietly in Mexico with his fifth wife, Maria.
Jan 22, 1984 · Johnny Weissmuller, the Olympic swimming champion who went on to fame as Tarzan of the Jungle in the movies, died at his home here Friday night, according to a funeral home. He was 79 years old.
