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after remaining single for thirty-one years following her divorce from her first husband, producer John Stephens, she marries a Litton engineer named Richard Benedict. Ironically, she is introduced to Benedict by her former husband.
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she retires from her job as a receptionist at Litton Industries. In her spare time she enjoys doing calligraphy and making pin money on the side by doing small announcements and cards for people. Although she's become a very private person after her acting career, she's recognized from time to time, even being chastised by a total stranger once for being so mean as "Auntie Alice" on the short-lived daytime soap "Never Too Young."
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as Merry A. Benedict, she resides in Encino, California
28 October 2012
as Merry A. Benedict, she dies at age 78 in California