An unlikely femme fatale was Megan Marshak, an attractive young woman yet not possessed of the kind of spectacular bombshell looks one expects of women who become involved with extremely wealthy, powerful men.
Just the same, Marshak was linked romantically, or at least sexually, with one of the wealthiest of them all, Nelson Rockefeller, a grandson of the great John D. Like so many men of enormous wealth, Rocky wanted to become president, an office he sought for three consecutive campaigns (1960, 1964, and 1968). Although he never realized that dream, he did serve as vice president under Gerald Ford (1974-1977).
Rockefeller lost the 1964 race in part due to public disapproval of his divorce and remarriage to second wife Happy (Margaretta). It would appear that all was not happy with Happy, and in the late 1970s, he took as mistress a member of his office staff, the 20-something Miss Marshak.
Billionaire though he was, Rocky had his wild and unpredictable side, which surfaced in 1976 when he was photographed gleefully giving the celebrated one-finger salute to hecklers at a speech he was trying to deliver.
Much bigger news came in January 1979 when Rockefeller suffered a heart attack while having sex with Marshak. All possible attempts were made to cover up what had happened. Rocky died en route to a hospital, however, and the salacious news came out, making Marshak a temporary celebrity.
To her credit, Marshak did not follow the lead of so many other young women who suddenly found themselves in the public eye due to illicit liasons. She did not pose for Playboy, nor did she sell her exclusive story checkbook-journalism style. Instead, she dropped out of public view as quickly and completely as if she had been placed in the Witness Protection Program.
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