Legendary Sarah Bernhardt once saved Lincoln's widow from a death she would have welcomed. (Mary Todd Lincoln)

PR Newswire | June 26, 1989 | Copyright

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          LEGENDARY SARAH BERNHARDT ONCE SAVED LINCOLN'S WIDOW 
                FROM A DEATH SHE WOULD HAVE WELCOMED

/ADVANCE/ NEW YORK, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The legendary French actress Sarah Bernhardt once saved Mary Todd Lincoln from a death Bernhardt believed she would have welcomed.

Bernhardt was sailing from France to America in 1880, reports July/August American Heritage, when "she noticed a stout, sorrowful- looking woman clad in mourning black. As Bernhardt watched, an immense wave sent ...

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