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    • Jun 19, 1963
    Les Paul & Mary Ford are separated
    Jul 9, 1963
    Vocalist Mary Ford files for divorce from guitarist Les Paul in Los Angeles, charging her husband with cruelty
    Oct 30, 1963
    Les Paul countersues Mary Ford for divorce in Hackensack, New Jersey, charging that she left him for western star Foy Willing
    Dec 16, 1964
    Les Paul & Mary Ford are granted a divorce in Hackensack, New Jersey
    Aug 8, 1977
    Mary Ford is admitted to Arcadia Methodist Hospital in California in a coma, caused by a negative reaction to insulin taken for her diabetes
    Sep 30, 1977
    Mary Ford dies in a diabetic coma at California's Arcadia Methodist Hospital. During her marriage to guitarist Les Paul, they earned more than 40 pop hits, including 1951's "Mockin' Bird Hill," which also became a country success
    Feb 15, 1979
    Les Paul & Mary Ford's "How High The Moon" is inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame during the Grammy awards in Los Angeles
    Jun 22, 1993
    Astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour hear Les Paul & Mary Ford's "I'm Sitting On Top Of The World" to begin their day
    Nov 22, 1995
    The movie "Casino" debuts in theaters. Brenda Lee's "I'm Sorry" appears on the soundtrack, alongside Nilsson's "Without You" and Eric Burdon's "The House Of The Rising Sun," plus music by Les Paul & Mary Ford, Hoagy Carmichael and others
    Mar 6, 2002
    The Space Shuttle Columbia gets a wakeup call from Les Paul & Mary Ford: "I'm Sitting On Top Of The World"
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