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Article: Legendary Sarah Bernhardt once saved Lincoln's widow from a death she would have welcomed. (Mary Todd Lincoln)
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- June 26, 1989
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LEGENDARY SARAH BERNHARDT ONCE SAVED LINCOLN'S WIDOW
FROM A DEATH SHE WOULD HAVE WELCOMED
/ADVANCE/ NEW YORK, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The legendary French actress Sarah Bernhardt once saved Mary Todd Lincoln from a death Bernhardt believed she would have welcomed.
Bernhardt was sailing from France to America in 1880, reports July/August American Heritage, when "she noticed a stout, sorrowful- looking woman clad in mourning black. As Bernhardt watched, an immense wave sent the lady rolling helplessly across the deck. Bernhardt managed to seize one of her legs before the ...