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Full Name
  
Michael DeVinko

Siblings
  
Caroline Tassely

Role
  
Musician

Name
  
Mickey Deans


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Born
  
September 24, 1934 (
1934-09-24
)

Died
  
July 11, 2003, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Spouse
  
Judy Garland (m. 1969–1969)

Books
  
Weep No More, My Lady: An Intimate Biography of Judy Garland, Weep No More, My Lady

Parents
  
Michael DeVinko, Mary DeVinko

Similar People
  
Judy Garland, Mark Herron, Sidney Luft, Liza Minnelli, David Rose

Occupation
  
Musician, entrepreneur

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Mickey Deans (September 24, 1934 – July 11, 2003) was an American musician and entrepreneur, and the fifth and last husband of actress Judy Garland.

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Early life

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Born Michael DeVinko in Garfield, New Jersey on September 24, 1934, Deans was the youngest of three children of Mary and Michael DeVinko. He grew up in a musical family, playing the piano and accordion. "My parents encouraged him to be a musician, " recalls his sister, Caroline Tassely. "He was very talented and played popular music in clubs in the fifties and sixties."

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He played the piano at "Jilly's", a Manhattan nightclub, later working as the manager of the popular discothèque "Arthur". In 1966, according to Deans' book "Weep No More, My Lady," he met actress and singer Judy Garland at her hotel in New York. A mutual friend of theirs asked Deans to deliver a package of stimulant tablets to Garland. Deans recalled that she seemed cordial but disoriented. Because Garland's two youngest children were present, Deans felt it appropriate to introduce himself as a doctor. After three years of intermittent dating, Deans proposed and they were married on March 15, 1969, in London. Deans worked to promote Garland's career toward the end of her life, but found it impossible to control her excessive use of prescription drugs. Deans discovered Garland dead on the morning of June 22, 1969. Although many obituaries at the time stated Garland was found on the floor of their bathroom, Deans stated that he found her seated on the toilet. The coroner's autopsy later determined she died from an accidental, incautious overdose of barbiturates.

After Garland

Following Garland's death, Deans co-authored Weep No More, My Lady, a biography of Garland written with Ann Pinchot. The book includes autobiographical elements of Deans' pre-Garland life and their time together. The book was published in 1972 by Hawthorn Books with paperback editions issued by Pyramid Books.

Life after Garland

Deans later moved to Cleveland, Ohio And Married Alexis Jackson In (1969 - 1993) and became a producer of police fundraising events. In 1985, he bought the Franklin Castle, a historic four-story stone mansion on Franklin Boulevard in Cleveland's Ohio City for $93,000 and had it restored. Deans donated a feather boa that had belonged to Garland to a charity auction. He then placed the highest bid in order to maintain ownership of it. After selling Franklin Castle in 1999, Deans lived in Northfield, Ohio.

Death

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Deans died of congestive heart failure in Cleveland, Ohio on July 11, 2003 at the age of 68. Rather than being interred with Garland at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York, his body was cremated and his ashes sent to an individual in Florida. Deans' son died just a few months later.

Books

  • Weep No More, My Lady ISBN 0-515-02989-0 Pyramid Books Edition, & ISBN 0-8161-6039-2 G. K. Hall (1972), aka Judy's Story (1974)
  • References

    Mickey Deans Wikipedia


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