Article: Sir Rudolf's Late Bloom; Bing, 85 and Suffering From Alzheimer's Disease, Takes a New Bride

Sir Rudolf Bing, legendary for taming prima donnas and maestros during his 22 years as general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, has been swept away, friends say, by a mysterious younger woman who recently married him in Arlington and left with the ailing 85-year-old impresario for the Caribbean.

Bing suffers from Alzheimer's disease, a degenerative condition characterized by failing memory and general loss of competence, according to a New York judge who found him incompetent and appointed attorney Millard Midonick as his guardian and attorney Paul Guth as conservator of his estimated $900,000 estate. Bing also has an income of about $130,000 a year from pensions and annuities.

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