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Dorothy Wiggins
BornDorothy Katz Palmer
(1925-08-14) August 14, 1925 (age 99)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)Social media influencer, socialite, stylist
Spouses
Dr. William Carl Gittinger ​ ​(m. 1946; died 1959)​
Guy C. Wiggins II ​ ​(m. 1960; died 2020)​

Dorothy Wiggins (née Palmer; formerly Gittinger; born August 14, 1925) is an American social media influencer, socialite, former stylist and aspiring centenarian based in New York City. She became popular after starting to film her day-to-day activities and posting clips on Instagram and TikTok aged 96.

Personal life

In 1946, she firstly married Dr. William Carl Gittinger (1926–1959), a son of William M. Gittinger and Caroline Gittinger (née Raab), of Ozone Park, Queens. He died in the crash of Capital Airlines Flight 75 near Chase, Maryland aged 32. They had a son:

  • Grant P. Wiggins (né Gittinger; 1950–2015), a noted educator and author, married firstly to Rose Alexandra Kernochan, secondly married Denise Wilbur, had four children. He would later be adopted by Wiggins' second husband and take his family name.

In 1960, she married secondly to Guy C. Wiggins (1920–2020), a son of Guy C. Wiggins and grandson of Carleton Wiggins, who was a noted Hudson River School painter. They were introduced since Dorothy's parents collected the paintings of his father and were acquaintances while living in Lyme, Connecticut. They had two sons;

  • Noel Carleton Wiggins (born 1965)
  • Guy C. Wiggins III

Wiggins independently resides in a brownstone in the West Village.

References

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