Winthrop Gardiner Jr.

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Winthrop Gardiner Jr.
Died 1980 (aged 66–67)
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Manhattan
Nationality USA

Winthrop Gardiner Jr. was a member of the family which received a royal grant of historic Gardiners Island in 1639.[1] In 1936, he inherited the Island. Within a year he sold it to Sarah Diodati Gardiner, who The New York Times described as a "distant cousin".

Gardiner married six times, and was divorcing Nancy Wakeman when he died of cancer.[1] He had been married to Sonia Henie, an ice skater.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Winthrop Gardiner Jr. Dies at 67; Formerly Owned Gardiners Island". The New York Times. 1980-10-18. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1980/10/18/111808381.html?pageNumber=30. Retrieved 2020-09-16. "Mr Gardiner was once married to Sonia Henie, the ice skating star, a marriage that ended in divorce in 1956. He and his sixth wife, Nancy Wakeman, had begun divorce proceedings at the time of his death."