After a 48 year tumultuous marriage to Sayde Marks, Jack Benny died in the winter of 1974. Every day from Jack’s funeral until the day she died, Sayde Marks received a single long-stemmed red rose. In his last will and testament, Jack had directed that a sufficient amount of money be set aside to give his widow one rose every day for the rest of her life. She lived for another 9 years with this beautiful reminder of Jack’s love for her.
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