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Riva, the only child of screen siren Marlene Dietrich, met the Kennedy family in 1938 in the South of France where both families had traveled for vacation.
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Liz McNeil, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
They got engaged on Valentine’s Day 2019 and welcomed their first and only child together, a daughter named Daisy Dove Bloom, in 2020.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 10 Nov. 2025
Others say prayers and place flowers at Elvis’ grave in the Meditation Garden, on the south side of the mansion, where Elvis is interred along with several family members, including his daughter and only child, Lisa Marie Presley, who died in 2023.
—John Beifuss, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
The couple welcomed its first and only child in 2013, shortly before the release of Reflektor.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2025
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Liz McNeil, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
They got engaged on Valentine’s Day 2019 and welcomed their first and only child together, a daughter named Daisy Dove Bloom, in 2020.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 10 Nov. 2025
Others say prayers and place flowers at Elvis’ grave in the Meditation Garden, on the south side of the mansion, where Elvis is interred along with several family members, including his daughter and only child, Lisa Marie Presley, who died in 2023.
—John Beifuss, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
The couple welcomed its first and only child in 2013, shortly before the release of Reflektor.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Only child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/only%20child. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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