She was so ill in her final years that her death was seen as a blessing. Wallis Simpson became the Duchess of Windsor, after marrying the man who chose love over duty.
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Elizabeth Sherman was born on Park Avenue West just a couple blocks off Central Park, so her playground growing up was the public square, in front of her father’s office.
Wallis Simpson, the woman who became the Duchess of Windsor after marrying Edward VIII, who chose love over duty, died desperate and alone, aged 89, in April 1986. Above: At her Paris home in 1974