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Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall Were a ‘Made-for-Hollywood’ Love Story Before His Death


Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall had a 'made-for-Hollywood' love story despite having so much to overcome, author William J. Mann tells Closer exclusively.

I’m going to have to find a way to either make this work or get out,’” William J. Mann, author of the new book Bogie & Bacall: The Surprising True Story of Hollywood’s Greatest Love Affair, exclusively tells Closer. “That’s a big age gap,” Mann notes, and she “was thrust into a world she had to learn fast” in regard to both her career and Bogie’s drinking. “He just wanted to take care of [his wife], not little kids.” He eventually came around, and the duo went on to have “a very happy marriage, two children [Stephen and Leslie], a bunch of dogs, and a beautiful house.

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