(1972 - 14 March 1992) (his death)
Early June 72
at Raffles, she reveals to Earl Wilson that she`ll marry her fourth soon in Panama, millionaire oilman C. V. Wood, Jr.
29 December 72
marries industrialist C. V., "Woody," Wood, Jr. He`s 52; she`s 50. Wood, the son of a railroad conductor, became the first employee of Disneyland, Inc., serving under Walt Disney as vice president and general manager responsible for site selection and development. He left Disneyland in 1956 to form Marco Engineering, providing market research, design, engineering and construction to the leisure industry. In 1961, Wood merged his firm with McCulloch Corp., a development company engaged in oil and gas exploration with assets of over $400 million. In 1969, 200-pound Wood hit the news when buying London Bridge for $2.46 million and moving the bridge from London, England, to Lake Havasu, Arizona, for an additional $7.5 million. He also tried to buy the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Wood has a son and a daughter from a previous marriage.
Late October 74
she and Wood host a posh cocktail party in the wine cellar of their Trousdale Estates home as a kickoff prior to the Hemophilia Foundation`s Salute to Carol Burnett. Among the guests are Kathryn Grayson and Herb Handler, Dorothy and Robert Mitchum, Harvey Korman, Marge Durante, the David Murdocks, and the Paul MacNamaras. The Warren Cowans are seen dancing again. Attending columnist Dorothy Manner tells that "Wood was recently in Washington as one of the economy consultants to President Ford."
February 76
she and Wood do a great deal of travelling. Her ex, John Ireland, is reported launching a new career as owner of a ritzy restaurant in Santa Barbara.
October 76
the Woods and Robert McCullough, Sr., host the ceremonies marking the anniversary of the opening of the reassembled London Bridge in Lake Havasu in 1971. Among the guests are Peter Graves, Marie Windsor, Pat Buttram, Chill Wills and London visitors Sir Lindsay Ring and Lady Ring. "Before the evening ended there was dessert served with champagne in the English Village under the London Bridge."
29 December 76
she and her husband, Wood, celebrate their wedding anniversary in Jamaica. There he tries to buy Kings House, the Governor General`s official Kingston residence.
May 77
she and Wood attend the opening of a Crazy Horse Saloon exhibition at the Wally Findlay Gallery in Hollywood
14 March 92
becomes the widow of Wood, who dies at age 71 at the St. Joseph Hospital in Houston of lung cancer. His obit names him president of Warner Brothers Recreational Entertainment Division.