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ACTOR REFUSES TO WED DIVORCEE; John Rigney's Marriage to Eugenia Blair Halted Because of Religious Scruples. **************************************************** November 26, 1910, Saturday **************************************************** PITTSBURG, Nov. 25. -- Because Eugenie Blair, the leading woman of the Lyceum Theatre stock company of this city was a divorcee, her marriage to John Rigney, an actor, playing in "The Light Eternal," was halted almost at the church doors or. Thanksgiving afternoon. Rigney tonight told reporters that he would not defy the laws of his Church by marrying a divorcee, although he was deeply attached to Miss Blair. **************************************************** EUGENIE BLAIR DIES PLAYING STAGE ROLE; Sticks to Her Part, Though Ill, Till Curtain Falls and Then Expires. Special to The New York Times. May 15, 1922, Monday CHICAGO, May 14.--Devotion to her part in "Anna Christie" cost Eugenie Blair her life last night. Rather than send in an understudy she returned to the stage at the Cort Theatre, though ill.

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