Show FORMER STAGE STAR DIES AFTER ILLNESS Margaret Illington Succumbs at Miami Beach Fla NEW YORK March 12 Mare Mar Mar Margaret garet Illington one of or the leading dramatic actresses of the country 25 years ago died Sunday in Miami Beach Fla She was 52 years old She was the wife of Major Edward J. J Bowes managing director of the Capitol theater New York who was wasat wasat wasat at her bedside when she died She had been seriously ill for six weeks Miss Illington who was born in Bloomington Ill iii made her stage debut debut debut de de- de- de but in New York in 1900 in The Pride of Jennico supporting James K Hackett Later she appeared with withE E E. H. H Sothern in I If I Were King She married Daniel Frohman her first manager in 1903 and was dIvorced divorced di dl- from him seven years ears later Several days after the divorce was was granted she married Major Bowes who directed her stage career until she retired |