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Felicia Bernstein

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Lenny’s Double Life

<p>In 1951, wunderkind conductor Leonard Bernstein married the beautiful actress Felicia Montealegre. But was it a marriage of convenience? In this revealing letter, perhaps from around the same period, Felicia confesses her knowledge of Bernstein’s sexuality—and proclaimed her undying love anyway. From the new collection <i><a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Leonard-Bernstein-Letters/dp/030017909X">The Leonard Bernstein Letters</a></i>.</p>

Felicia Bernstein

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