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Monica Getz, Sax Legend’s Ex-Wife and Justice Advocate, Dies at 90

Monica Getz surrounded by Mark Morganelli and Ellen Prior of the Jazz Forum in Tarrytown.

Monica Getz of Irvington, ex-wife of jazz saxophonist Stan Getz and an advocate for changes in the divorce and family court systems, died Jan. 5 at age 90. The cause was bile duct cancer, according to her obituary. She lived at Shadowbrook, the 27-room estate overlooking the Hudson River that she opened to meetings related causes such as theContinue reading “Monica Getz, Sax Legend’s Ex-Wife and Justice Advocate, Dies at 90”