According to Kirk Douglas' autobiography, he and Angeli were engaged in the 1950s after meeting on the set of the film The Story of Three Loves (1953).
 Angeli also had a brief romantic relationship with James Dean.
She broke it off because her mother was not happy with their relationship as he was not Catholic.
 
Angeli was married to singer and actor Vic Damone from 1954 to 1958.
During their marriage, they appeared as guests on the June 17, 1956 episode of What's My Line?.
Their divorce was followed by highly publicized court battles for the custody of their only child, son Perry (1955–2014).

Angeli next married Italian composer Armando Trovajoli in 1962.
She had another son, Howard, in 1963.
She and Trovajoli were separated in 1969.

In 1971, at the age of 39, Angeli was found dead of a barbiturate overdose at her home in Beverly Hills.
She is interred in the Cimetière des Bulvis in Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
According to Kirk Douglas' autobiography, he and Angeli were engaged in the 1950s after meeting on the set of the film The Story of Three Loves (1953).  Angeli also had a brief romantic relationship with James Dean. She broke it off because her mother was not happy with their relationship as he was not Catholic.  
Angeli was married to singer and actor Vic Damone from 1954 to 1958. During their marriage, they appeared as guests on the June 17, 1956 episode of What's My Line?. Their divorce was followed by highly publicized court battles for the custody of their only child, son Perry (1955–2014).
Angeli next married Italian composer Armando Trovajoli in 1962. She had another son, Howard, in 1963. She and Trovajoli were separated in 1969.
In 1971, at the age of 39, Angeli was found dead of a barbiturate overdose at her home in Beverly Hills. She is interred in the Cimetière des Bulvis in Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
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