Norris Church Mailer, 61, Model, Author, Painter, and the Last Mrs. Norman Mailer

She met the novelist at a book-signing in Arkansas in 1975 – when he was still married to his fourth wife and having an affair with the woman who would become his fifth. As spouse no. 6, Norris stayed with Mailer and managed his career and family for nearly three decades, while doing creative work of her own and being publicly frank about her husband’s flaws.

Italy’s Performing Artists Protest Budget Cuts With One-Day Strike

“Most of Italy’s cinemas, theatres and concert halls closed for the day on Monday in protest against culture budget cuts, amid ongoing outrage over poor maintenance of the country’s major ancient monuments. The government is cutting a total of 280 million euros (382 million dollars) in culture budgets over the next three years, including 58 million euros a year from the culture ministry alone.”