About Sandra Helen Payson
Lived 1926 – 2004 (aged 78). Sandra Helen Payson was an American patron of the arts and socialite.
Sandra Helen Payson (June 26, 1926 – July 15, 2004) was an American arts patron, and socialite. She founded a philanthropic arts organization called the Beard's Fund, and owned the Manhasset Stable for horse racing. She also went by Sandra Payson Meyer,
Early life and family Sandra Helen Payson was born on June 26, 1926, in Manhasset, New York. She was the second eldest daughter of Joan Whitney and Charles Shipman Payson. Her mother was from the prominent Whitney family. The family lived in Manhasset, New York, and would summer in Falmouth Foreside in Maine. She had three children with Meyer, and the marriage ended in divorce. Her second marriage ended in divorce in 1976.
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American arts patron (1926–2004)
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Sandra Helen Payson was born on 26 June 1926.
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Sandra Helen Payson died on 15 July 2004.
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Sandra Helen Payson was a patron of the arts and socialite.
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