{"id":8122,"date":"2024-04-03T05:36:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T03:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=8122"},"modified":"2024-04-03T05:36:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T03:36:20","slug":"they-received-hate-letters-after-they-married-55-years-later-theyre-still-going-strong-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=8122","title":{"rendered":"They received hate letters after they married \u2013 55 years later they\u2019re still going strong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leslie Uggams has had a fascinating career as an actress on the big screen and on the stage.<\/p>\n

Probably best known for her role in the Deadpool series the Harlem-born singer and actress has had a successful career spanning seven decades.<\/p>\n

But behind the scenes, her personal life could be the subject of a movie after she tied the knot with White Australian man Grahame Pratt in 1965 as their love affair throughout the ages has defied all the odds of interracial love…<\/p>\n

Leslie was a talented singer and in 1953 when she was just 10 years old she made a record for MGM. Encouraged by her aunt singer Eloise Uggams she attended the Professional Children\u2019s School of New York and prestigious New York music school Julliard.<\/p>\n

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