(September 16, 1961 - September 29, 1961) his death
August 17, 1961 files for divorce from Purdom in Juarez, Mexico, and announces she’ll marry Singer sewing machine heir Alfred Corning Clarke of New York. She charges Purdom with incompatibility. Her attorney, Luis A. Trias, says Purdom refused to sign the usual waiver and this might delay the granting of the divorce approximately three weeks. Clark, reached by phone at his country home in Cooperstown, New York, confirms his plans to wed her in Cooperstown later this month.
September 16, 1961 becomes the 6th wife of Alfred Corning Clark. He’s 45; she’s 33. Clark’s the grandson of Edward Clark, who co-founded Singer sewing machines with Isaac Merrill Singer. He attended St. Paul’s School and graduated from Yale in 1939.
September 29, 1961 becomes the widow of Corning Clark, who dies at age 45 of natural causes at his home after a marriage of thirteen days
November 24, 1961 is named principal beneficiary under the will of her late husband. She will get a lifetime income from two trust funds and up to $100,000 a year from the principal of one of the funds, if she desires. In Rome, Purdom is reported having labelled her marriage to Clark an adulterous act and grounds for him to obtain a Swiss divorce from her.