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“I do like to be in love,” Garland once remarked, perArchitectural Digest.
“A woman is incomplete when she’s not in love.”
“She used to say, ‘Always remember that the glass is half-full.”
His romance with her had an inauspicious beginning.
The couple got engaged while Rose was still married to actor Martha Raye.
Their wedding was delayed until he had been divorced for a year, at MGM’s request.
This wasn’t the end of demands from Garland’s employer.
However, she did show her support by throwing an engagement party.
Rose and Garland had very different personalities.
A railroad aficionado, the composer loved riding on the scaled-down train on their property.
The couple grew farther apart when Garland became pregnant and Rose didn’t share her enthusiasm about parenthood.
While it wasn’t love at first sight, Garland admired Minnelli’s talent for accentuating her onscreen appearance.
In March 1946, Garland and Minnelli’s daughter, future actor and singerLiza Minnelli, was born.
Garland likely experienced postpartum depression at the time, and her mental health worsened after she resumed acting.
As Garland continued to deal with drug addiction and mental health difficulties, it affected her relationship with Minnelli.
By the end of 1950, Minnelli and Garland’s marriage ended, and MGM dissolved her contract.
In 1950, Luft and Garland started a romance when both of them were ending their marriages.
Luft focused on Garland’s singing prowess and booked her for sold-out live shows in London and New York.
When Garland got pregnant before their divorces were final, Luft advocated abortion.
Luft and Garland married in 1952, andhad two children, Lorna and Joey Luft.
During divorce proceedings, Garland accused Luft of domestic abuse.
Luft maintained lifelong feelings for his ex-wife.
Liza Minnelli sang with her mom, and Garland was a supportive co-performer.
Just by her look," Minnelli recalled onCBS Sunday Morningin 2022.
Garland could empathize with her oldest child, as she had experienced anxiety attacks prior to live performances.
With Herron, a new romance bloomed for Garland before her divorce proceedings were wrapped up.
As a result, she and Herron had multiple ceremonies.
The couple traveled to Las Vegas in 1965 for a final ceremony after Garland’s divorce was complete.
Besides being a whirlwind courtship, it was also a whirlwind marriage.
Herron contested her testimony and claimed he “only hit her in self-defense,” perLos Angeles Times.
After years of dating, Garland and Deans got married in 1969.
Finally, finally, I am loved," (viaVanity Fair).
Her family, however, was much less enthusiastic.
(viaThe Wrap).
Deans and Garland were married only three months when she died due to a barbiturate overdose.
Luft was further angered by Deans’ timing with regard to writing a book about her mom.
Deans' book, “Weep No More, My Lady,“was eventually published in 1972.
“Needless to say, I didn’t buy a copy,” Luft wrote.
What a putz.”
