1. Sigourney Thayer was an American theatrical producer, World War I aviator, and poet.
12 Facts About Sigourney Thayer
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Sigourney Thayer was the brother of Robert Helyer Thayer, a lawyer, naval officer and diplomat.
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In June 1916, Sigourney Thayer enlisted and first served on the American-Mexican border.
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Sigourney Thayer became a 1st lieutenant and pilot in the 1st Operations Group, and afterwards graduated from Amherst College in 1918.
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Sigourney Thayer wrote regular poetry for the Atlantic Monthly, and his poem, "The Dead" has appeared in numerous World War I anthologies.
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In later life, Sigourney Thayer became an executive at Vultee Aircraft.
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Sigourney Thayer produced Last Night of Don Juan: The Pilgrimage, Beau-Strings, Damn the Tears, Bridal Wise, and Keeper of the Keys.
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Sigourney Thayer was the daughter of Frederick Martin Davies, granddaughter of Daniel O'Neill, owner of the Pittsburgh Dispatch newspaper, and the grandniece of Frederick Townsend Martin, a prominent writer of the 1920s.
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Sigourney Thayer filed for divorce in February 1935, and killed herself at the Dead Horse Ranch near Las Vegas, New Mexico, on May 24,1935.
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Sigourney Thayer was a society columnist for the New York Journal, and wrote under the house pseudonym "Madame Flutterby", covering the Lindbergh kidnapping.
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Sigourney Thayer wrote the first biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, published by Doubleday in 1961.
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Sigourney Thayer died in 1944 in an automobile accident in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and is buried at Southborough Rural Cemetery, Southborough, Massachusetts.