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Frankie Avalon Marries Dental Technician

Jan. 18, 1963 - Singer Frankie Avalon and Kay Diebel, former dental technician, were married at 11 a.m. today at St. Charles Catholic Church in North Hollywood. Robert Marcucci, Avalon’s manager, was best man, and Mrs. Michael Wayne was the matron of honor. The couple will honeymoon in Acapulco, then divide their time between homes in Los Angeles and Cherry Hill, N.J. The bride was a beauty pageant winner Mr. Avalon met while playing cards at a friend's house. He told the friend that she was the girl he would marry. Mr. Avalon’s agent warned him that marriage would spoil his “teen idol” mystique, to no avail.

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