Maurice Bennett Flynn (1892 - 1959)

Born 26 May 1892 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

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Died 6 Mar 1959 at age 66 in Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Maurice was born about 1892. He passed away about 1959.

Bio from Wikipedia on January 7, 2012:

Maurice Bennett Flynn (May 26, 1892 - March 6, 1959) was an American footballer and actor. He was also known as "Lefty" Flynn because in football, he kicked with his left foot.

He was born in Greenwich, Connecticut on May 26, 1892. He later attended Yale University starting in 1910. He was expelled from Yale in January 1913 after he married Irene Leary, a chorus girl. They separated after 11 days, and their divorce became final in 1914. In 1916 he married Blanche Shove Palmer and they had two children.

Between 1919 and 1927, Flynn appeared in 40 feature films, often as the lead actor, and sometimes as a sports hero or daring adventurer.

He moved to Tryon, North Carolina and was married for the third time to Nora Langhorne Phipps. She was the youngest sister of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor and of Irene Langhorne, who was married to the artist Charles Dana Gibson. Flynn was married to actress Viola Dana from 1925 to 1929.

In her book, Always a Virginian, Alice Winn states that Maurie "Lefty" Flynn was a handsome young All American football player when he met Nora around 1914. She and Lefty eloped, leaving Paul behind and Dana was sent to retrieve her. He found them in the Mid-West singing for their supper and tricked Nora into going back east. About 14 years later, with Lefty twice married and unmarried, she brought Lefty back into her life and moved away to the south of France. After they eventually married, they stayed together for over 20 years.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83078206/maurice-bennett-flynn: accessed 19 May 2023), memorial page for Maurice Bennett “Lefty” Flynn (26 May 1892–6 Mar 1959), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83078206; Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend, Ashes given to his widow, Leslie Bogert Flynn.; Maintained by William Taber (contributor 46480146).

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV56-L6FL : accessed 19 May 2023), Maurice Flynn Palmer in entry for Barbara Webb, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, 07 Jan 2012; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing , born-digital text.

• Wikipedia: Maurice Bennett Flynn