A promising career on the Broadway stage came to a tragic and violent end for the actress Margaret Lawrence. At the age of 39, the socially prominent performer was discovered in her Manhattan apartment, the victim of a fatal gunshot wound. Her life was taken by the actor Louis Bennison, who then turned the weapon on himself in a shocking murder-suicide.
Lawrence had risen through the ranks of the theater world, beginning her career in Chicago before making her mark in New York City. She g
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