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The couple divorced in 1948, over his affair with her cousin Kathy Lucille (Lucy) Anderson. Anderson and Herrmann were married the following year. Fletcher married Douglass Wallop, a writer, on January 6, 1949. They remained married until his death in 1985. Fletcher died of a stroke on August 31, 2000. Works
In 1949 she married John Douglass Wallop, a novelist whose ''Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant'' was adapted into the 1955 musical ''Damn Yankees.'' He died in 1985.
Lucille Fletcher was born on March 28, 1912 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for Sorry, Wrong Number (1948), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Lights Out (1946). She was married to Douglass Wallop and Bernard Herrmann. She died on August 31, 2000 in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, USA.
- March 28, 1912
- August 31, 2000
On January 6, 1949 Wallop married writer and actress Lucille Fletcher. They remained together until his death. Wallop’s interests included chess, sailing, music, and woodworking. Bibliography Novels. Night Light (1953) The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant (also published as Damn Yankees) (1954)
Sep 5, 2000 · The versatile writer, who was married to the film composer Bernard Herrmann and later to John Douglass Wallop III, author of the book that became the basis for the musical “Damn Yankees,”...
He is survived by his wife, Lucille Fletcher Wallop, also a writer, of Oxford; two stepdaughters, Dorothy Louise Silverman of New York City and Wendy Elizabeth Harlow of Baltimore; two brothers ...
Fletcher wrote the libretto for Hermann's 1951 opera, which was based on the novel Wuthering Heights. The couple had two daughters before they were divorced in 1948. Fletcher was married a second time, in 1949, to John Douglass Wallop, an author.
