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October 4, 1942
Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
What is this article about?
Comedian Mischa Auer's ex-wife, Norma Auer, returned their two children to him before committing suicide by poison in Hollywood on October 2. She had won custody in a 1940 divorce. Auer remarried in December 1940.
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Suicide Returns Children to Auer
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 3. (UP) - Comedian Mischa Auer, who recently lost a child custody suit in which he attempted to prove his former wife lived in a "morbid atmosphere", said today that she had returned their two small children to him shortly before she took a fatal dose of poison.
The Russian actor was called to Mrs. Norma Auer's bedside shortly before she died yesterday. She was 36. Police had been summoned to Mrs. Auer's home a few hours earlier by her maid, Hessie Reed.
"There's no reason for me to live and I just turned over the children to my former husband," Mrs. Auer was quoted as saying when police arrived.
An autopsy was scheduled for today. Funeral arrangements were to be made at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
The Auers were married in Beverly Hills in 1931. In November, 1940, Mrs. Auer was granted a default divorce on cruelty charges and was awarded $800 alimony, plus $200 a month for the children. Auer and Joyce Hunter, radio singer, subsequently were married in New York last Dec. 5. Mrs. Auer is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Tillman, Hamilton, Ont.
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 3. (UP) - Comedian Mischa Auer, who recently lost a child custody suit in which he attempted to prove his former wife lived in a "morbid atmosphere", said today that she had returned their two small children to him shortly before she took a fatal dose of poison.
The Russian actor was called to Mrs. Norma Auer's bedside shortly before she died yesterday. She was 36. Police had been summoned to Mrs. Auer's home a few hours earlier by her maid, Hessie Reed.
"There's no reason for me to live and I just turned over the children to my former husband," Mrs. Auer was quoted as saying when police arrived.
An autopsy was scheduled for today. Funeral arrangements were to be made at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
The Auers were married in Beverly Hills in 1931. In November, 1940, Mrs. Auer was granted a default divorce on cruelty charges and was awarded $800 alimony, plus $200 a month for the children. Auer and Joyce Hunter, radio singer, subsequently were married in New York last Dec. 5. Mrs. Auer is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Tillman, Hamilton, Ont.
What sub-type of article is it?
Tragedy
Family Drama
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Tragedy
Family
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Suicide
Child Custody
Divorce
Mischa Auer
Norma Auer
What entities or persons were involved?
Mischa Auer
Norma Auer
Hessie Reed
Joyce Hunter
A. Tillman
Where did it happen?
Hollywood
Story Details
Key Persons
Mischa Auer
Norma Auer
Hessie Reed
Joyce Hunter
A. Tillman
Location
Hollywood
Event Date
Oct. 2
Story Details
Norma Auer returned her two children to ex-husband Mischa Auer before dying by poison suicide; she had won custody in 1940 divorce amid cruelty charges.