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Dorothy Arnoldine Arnold (Olson)

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Birthplace: Duluth, Minnesota, United States
Death: November 13, 1984 (66)
Palm Springs, California, United States (pancreatic cancer)
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Daughter of Victor Arnold Olson and Clara Florence Olson
Wife of Ralph Dan Peckovich
Ex-wife of Joe DiMaggio and Private
Mother of Joseph Paul DiMaggio, Jr. (III)

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About Dorothy Arnold

Dorothy Arnold was a nightclub singer and budding movie star when she married baseball great Joe DiMaggio in 1940. She had made several films for Universal starting in 1938, but after her marriage to DiMaggio she gave up acting. Although the two divorced in 1944, Arnold did not try to resume her career and only made one other film, Lizzie. See full bio

Born: Dorothy Arnoldine Olson November 21, 1917 in Duluth, Minnesota, USA, of Norwegian heritage Died: November 13, 1984 (age 66) in Palm Springs, California, USA

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Dorothy Arnold's Timeline

1917
November 21, 1917
Duluth, Minnesota, United States
1941
October 23, 1941
New York, New York, United States
1984
November 13, 1984
Age 66
Palm Springs, California, United States