Murray's 20s and 30s were spent raising her three children, two girls and a boy. Her son, now a stockbroker in Chicago, once played bass with Alan Alda's kid brother, Terry. Illona is a nurse and an artist. Lisa sings and acts in addition to serving as business manager of a local automobile dealership. But she insists it was the environment she created for them that spurred their creativity, not genetics.
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Murray, then in her 40s, was untethered. Wrigley Chewing Gum fame. She found a job selling pearls and gold, an idea she expanded on by opening two of her own jewelry stands. Later she went to work for a travel agency. Even the dog had cataracts.