1. Georgia Frontiere was the majority owner and chairperson of the St Louis Rams NFL team.
24 Facts About Georgia Frontiere
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Also a philanthropist, Frontiere created the St Louis Rams Foundation, sat on the board of the local United Way chapter, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America and the American Foundation for AIDS Research and made numerous charitable contributions both to the arts and to other organizations in St Louis and elsewhere.
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Georgia Frontiere had early aspirations to work as an opera singer and eventually traveled to Milan to train with the Milan Opera.
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When she was fifteen, Georgia Frontiere's parents divorced, and she married a young US Marine who was heading to Europe during World War II.
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Georgia Frontiere later married her fourth husband, a stage manager at the Sacramento Music Circus, but the couple split after five years.
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Kennedy was a fan of Georgia Frontiere after seeing her on her morning show.
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Rosenbloom and Georgia Frontiere were engaged in 1960, but it took Rosenbloom ten years to divorce his first wife.
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Rosenbloom and Georgia Frontiere married in 1966, though they had been together for eight years and had two children by this point.
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Georgia Frontiere's inheritance came as a surprise to many fans who thought Steve Rosenbloom, the former owner's son from a previous marriage and the Rams' vice-president, would take a leadership role in the team's management.
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However, Georgia Frontiere couldn't navigate the conflicts between General Manager Don Klosterman and Steve Rosenbloom and fired Rosenbloom after four months.
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Yet, without Carroll, the team lacked organizational direction, which Georgia Frontiere sought to establish.
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Georgia Frontiere attempted to have a new stadium built in Los Angeles to improve ticket sales but local government officials were not interested due to unfavorable economic conditions.
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In 1991, Georgia Frontiere made a $1 million donation to the Fulfillment Fund, which provides support systems to help underprivileged students pursue higher education.
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Georgia Frontiere was an outspoken supporter of the NFL Alumni Association.
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Georgia Frontiere rallied for the "Pre-'59ers", the 1,000-plus NFL players who retired prior to 1959 and didn't qualify for the league's pension plan.
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Georgia Frontiere started a "Dire Need Fund" for the Los Angeles chapter of the NFL Alumni Association, which spawned the league-led NFL Alumni Dire Need Fund for players.
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In 1997, Georgia Frontiere spearheaded the formation of the St Louis Rams Foundation, which has contributed more than $7 million to charities in the St Louis area.
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Always a patron of the arts, in 2000, Georgia Frontiere donated $1 million to help build a 5500-seat amphitheater, the Georgia Frontiere Performing Arts Pavilion, located in the Sedona Cultural Park in Arizona.
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Georgia Frontiere sat on the boards of the United Way of Greater St Louis, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club, Saint Louis Symphony, and the American Foundation for AIDS Research.
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Georgia Frontiere was awarded an honorary doctor of philanthropy from Pepperdine University.
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Georgia Frontiere married her first husband, a young military man, at age 15; the marriage was annulled.
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In 1980, she married her seventh husband, composer Dominic Georgia Frontiere; they divorced in 1988 but she kept his last name.
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Georgia Frontiere spent the last 19 years of her life with Earle Weatherwax although they never married.
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Georgia Frontiere had homes in Malibu, California, St Louis, and Cornville, Arizona.