Lena Mary Calhoun Horne, a singer, actress, dancer, and civil rights activist, married Lennie Hayton, a musical conductor and arranger, in December 1947. Later, the two separated, but did not divorce.Lena's Wiki
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Link to Ebony, May 1980 at Google Books (note the article starts on page 38, but the link is to page 158)
Lena responding to a question about the possibility of marrying another white man.
LENA: You must know that in the beginning I didn't marry Lennie because I was in love with him.[...]
EBONY: In other words, to put it quite bluntly, you used him to further your career.
LENA: That's right. And I learned to love him very much.
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Another one to add:
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20402742,00.html
Sweet! Next post...
Now that I think of it, I'd suggest Lena's Stormy Weather co-star Katherine Dunham, activist, choreographer, dancer and anthropologist, and her Canadian husband John Pratt, who was her company's designer.
And another! Thank you!
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