Elaine Dundy: Difference between revisions

Tynan disapproved of Dundy's writing vocation despite having forecast success,<ref name="Telegraph"/> because it distracted attention from himself; Dundy, however, had seen it as a means to save their marriage. Around this time, Tynan started to insist on flagellating his wife, with the threat of his own suicide if she refused.<ref name="Purser"/><ref name="TimesTracy">{{cite news|last=Hoyle|first=Ben|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/im-going-to-jump-dad-screamed-my-mother-said-why-dont-you-9gb8bsldh|title=Tracy Tynan's upbringing: celebrities, drugs, wife-beating and sex|work=The Times|date=February 23, 2017|access-date=May 14, 2021}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Drugs, alcohol, and extramarital affairs by both parties resulted in the marriage becoming fraught, and it was dissolved in 1964. In 1962, she was a writer for the BBC's satirical ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]''. Dundy attempted to cure herself of addictions from 1968 to 1976,<ref name="Times"/> though according to her daughter, she struugledstruggled with drugs and alcohol for half a century. Dundy lived mainly in New York after her divorce.<ref name="TimesTracy" /> In addition to novels and short stories, Dundy wrote for ''[[The New York Times]]''. She wrote books on the actor [[Peter Finch]], the city of [[Ferriday, Louisiana]], and [[Elvis Presley]], about whom she said "Prior to 1977, I didn't know that Elvis was alive until he died." {{Citation needed|date=April 2013}}