Muckety this! Andrew Mellon to pop singer Paul Simon

How is the industrialist Andrew Mellon connected to pop musician Paul Simon? The connection is established through a tangled web of ex-wives.

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Andrew Mellon
Andrew Mellon

Andrew Mellon’s son, Paul Mellon was married to Mary Conover Brown. While they were married they had a daughter, Catherine Conover.

Catherine Conover is one of U.S. Senator John Warner’s ex-wives. Senator Warner, a Republican who currently represents Virginia, also has the distinction of claiming actress Elizabeth Taylor as ex-wife.

The list of Taylor’s ex-husbands is a long, including singer Eddie Fisher, who himself has been married several times. One of Fisher’s ex-wives was the actress Debbie Reynolds.

Actress Carrie Fisher, the daughter of Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, is an ex-wife of pop singer Paul Simon – Muckety That!

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