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Most of the wives of Henry VIII didn't fare too well. Who was his last wife?

Catherine Parr. The last wife seems to have had some degree of compatibility - at least she didn't sufffer the cruel fate of many of her predecessors.

Napoleon was married to Josephine - but he was not her first husband. What happened to her first husband?

He was Executed. He ended on the guillotine during the Reign of Terror

Abraham Lincoln's marriage to Mary Todd may have been as difficult a relationship as any American President has had. What happened to her?

She was institutionalized. She was declared insane - although that ruling was overturned. Clearly, she was 'eccentric'. She witnessed her husband's shooting and endured the death of several of her children. (One survived) That would shake up most people.

Sylvia Plath, unstable poet, committed suicide. Her marriage to a fellow poet may have been {less-than-ideal;} who was her husband?

Ted Hughes. Sad, tortured, short life.

This author twice broke off engagements to his girl friend, Felice, due in part to his personal problems.

Franz Kafka. Another wracked and wretched existence ...

Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald were the embodiment of the roaring twenties. Both, however, burned out. What happened to Zelda?

She died while institutionalized. Both drank heavily. He was {alcoholic;} she suffered from mental instability. She spent many years in confinement.

Evelyn Nesbit's marriage to Harry Thaw at the start of the 20th century ended badly. Why?

Thaw went to prison. Thaw shot and killed Nesbit's 'friend', architect Stanford White.

This well-known author may have been as famous for her affair with a married man as for her popular novels and original philosophy.

Ayn Rand. Rand had a notorious affairr with Nathaniel Branden. (Maynard, incidentally, had a relationship with J.D. Salinger.)

The lure of painting and the problems of earning a living proved fatal to Gauguin's marriage. What was his occupation?

Stockbroker. Tahiti sounds good to me.

Antony and Cleopatra were legendary lovers. What happened to them?

Both committed suicide. Would they have been 'legendary lovers' if there had been a happy ending?