How much is a unit of blood? Brookhaven National Laboratory explains that within one unit of blood there are several components, including red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma, platelets and cryoprecipitate. Each component of blood can be stored for differing amounts of time, with plasma lasting the longest.
Geneâs third wife was Patricia Ward Kelly. She met Gene in 1985. He was narrating a documentary for the Smithsonian Museum, and she was the scriptwriter. Gene invited her to move back to California with him, and in 1990 they were married. On February 2, 1996, Gene died in his sleep from a massive stroke. Patricia Ward Kelly is the trustee of the Gene Kelly Image Trust, and still makes public appearances speaking about her late husband.
Emmett Leo Kelly (December 9, 1898 â March 28, 1979), a native of Sedan, Kansas, was an American circus performer, who created the memorable clown figure Weary Willie, based on the hobos of the Depression era. Kelly began his career as a trapeze artist. By 1923, Emmett Kelly was working his trapeze act with John Robinson's circus when he met and married Eva Moore, another circus trapeze artist. They later performed together as the Aerial Kellys with Emmett still performing occasionally as a white face clown.