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Apr 22, 1999 · Pickford, 11 years Rogers’ senior, died in 1979, ending their 42-year marriage. Rogers carried on their philanthropy and fund-raising work for the Motion Picture and Television Fund, which ...
Charles (Buddy) Rogers, handsome leading man and band leader who starred in Wings (1927), first film to win an Academy Award, and who later married Mary Pickford, dies at 94; photos (M)
April 22, 1999 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Buddy Rogers, the silent screen matinee idol and bandleader who spent half his life tending the lady and legend known as America’s Sweetheart and the...
Aug 20, 1995 · After Mary died in 1979, Rogers sold Pickfair to Jerry Buss, and it is now owned by financier Meshulam Riklis. “He’s alone since his wife [entertainer Pia Zadora] took their two kids and left ...
When Mary PIckford's marriage to Douglas Fairbanks fell apart, she increasingly turned to her friend and former co-star Buddy Rogers for support.
Rogers married Ruth "Debbie" Nixon in 1969 and subsequently adopted her son, David Buddy Rogers, as his own. [14] When Rogers retired from wrestling, he took a job as a manager at a Playboy Club casino.
Apr 22, 1999 · Charles “Buddy” Rogers, the affable actor in the first best picture Oscar winner “Wings,” along with many musical comedies, died Wednesday at age 94. Rogers, married to actress Mary Pickford...
