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    • Jan 10, 1952
    Audrey Williams files for divorce from Hank Williams for the second time in four years
    Jul 10, 1952
    Hank and Audrey Williams are divorced for the second--and final--time
    Oct 28, 1952
    Billie Jean Eshliman's divorce from Harrison Eshliman is finalized--10 days after she married Hank Williams
    Aug 15, 1953
    Lula Grace Wood is officially divorced from Mearle Wood. Seven years later, she is destined to score her first hit record under the name Jan Howard
    Oct 8, 1953
    Already married to his second wife, Jerry Lee Lewis divorces his first wife, Dorothy, in Monroe, Louisiana
    Dec 15, 1953
    "Slipping Around" singer Margaret Whiting is awarded an uncontested divorce from piano player Joe "Fingers" Carr in Santa Monica, California, on the grounds of cruelty. She claims he threw dishes at her in a fit of rage
    Jul 22, 1954
    Merle Travis and Judy Hayden secure mutual restraining orders during divorce proceedings in a Los Angeles courtroom
    Sep 22, 1955
    Jenny Peer is granted a divorce from bandleader Bill Peer, whom she alleges had an adulterous affair with his protege, Patsy Cline. Cline refuses to marry him, and leaves his band less than 10 days later
    Mar 7, 1956
    Merle Travis and actress Judy Hayden are divorced, after seven years of marriage
    Aug 21, 1956
    Geraldine Price, referring to herself as a common-law wife, files for divorce from Ray Price, saying he has told her he's "tired of being married" and that he has started seeing another woman



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