Early January 59 collapses at her own holiday party for 125 people. "She has an early date at the Cedars of Lebanon to have the tonsils yanked." She and John Altoon, "idol of the beatniks," are expected to wed in January.
28 January 59 she and Altoon obtain their marriage license
30 January 59 marries painter and illustrator John Altoon at the Hollywood Unitarian Church in Los Angeles. He`s 33; she`s 26. It`s his first and her second marriage.
April 59 columnist Harrison Carroll tells: "Exhausted after her New York stay to ballyhoo Al Capone, Fay Spain was ordered to bed for a week. When she and her bridegroom, John Altoon, arrived at their new home here, they found the water heater had exploded, flooding two rooms and short-cutting lights."
Mid-October 59 columnist Mike Connolly tells that she "separated from her spouse of ten months, John Altoon, on her birthday and celebrated both events by babysitting with her babysitter`s baby..."
Late October 59 she and Altoon separate
Winchell tells that she and "Altoon, (he hopes for a reconciliation) might make it - but she appears to be enjoying Eric Fleming`s babytalk..."
says about her dates with Fleming: "You really can`t call it dating. Eric and I became friends when we were on location for a `Rawhide` TV segment. I`ve had dinner with him a couple of times since my separation, but it`s just a friendly thing."
Mid-November 59 she and Altoon reconcile. Columnist Harrison Carroll reports: "Altoon, whose friends feared he was on the verge of a nervous breakdown, is home from the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital and feeling much better. Fay is turning down a request to go on a USO tour to Japan so the two will not miss spending Christmas together."
Early March 60 is expected to go to Cuba after her March 19 premiere of The Private Lives of Adam and Eve
Late March 60 Carroll knows that when she "went to the hospital in New York to see her estranged husband, artist John Altoon, she was told he had been discharged the day before and was straying with a friend. She never did contact him. Fay hadn`t expected to fly to New York so soon. She got a hurry call from director Joshua Logan. And it was Clifford Odets who drove her to the airport..."
April 60 her estranged husband, Altoon, is reported "much better after his recent nervous breakdown. He`s working as a commercial artist in New York. And Fay did see him there, after all."
End May 60 reported breaking up with Altoon, she is seen dining with him at the Steak Point
August 60 she and Altoon try to work out their marriage problems
10 February 61 she and Altoon separate
December 61 will divorce Altoon in Juarez, Mexico, after she finishes filming Black Gold in January
Mid-January 62 is reported back from six months of filming in Europe and Africa. She "left Hollywood last year for a scheduled eight weeks of filming in Rome on Hercules Conquers Atlantis, but remained abroad until a few days ago."
January 62 Winchell expects her to file "for the long rumored divorce any day. But not to wed Prince Antonio Seguirini of Rome`s what-do-they-do-for-a-living set..."
10 January 62 files for divorce from Altoon in Los Angeles Superior Court charging mental cruelty. She just returned from Europe where she was since their separation. She is not asking for monthly support. He`s 35; she`s 29.
February 62 Winchell reports she will file for divorce on March 1
1 March 62 is granted a divorce from Altoon in Los Angeles after she testified that when her husband got emotional, he fled to a psychiatrist`s couch and left her with the bill. Altoon is directed to pay $2,000 in unpaid psychiatric bills. Altoon will die at age 44 in 1969.