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What team broke up in the Elaine May article?
Nichols and Elaine May
What is Team break-up with Elaine May?
At the height of Nichols and May's fame, Elaine May decided to discontinue their act that year and took their careers in different directions
Who decided to call it quits in the team break-up with Elaine May and Nichols?
Nichols explained, I, more than Elaine, became more and more afraid of our improvisational material. She was always brave.“
What is the Elaine May Team break-up article about?
Audiences were still discovering them in 1961, four years after they arrived. However, at the height of Elaine May and Nichols' fame, they decided to discontinue their act

Question: Was this a professional or personal break up?
Self-contained rewrite: Was Elaine Mayn and Nichols' breakup a professional or personal break up?