Personal Life
In 1949, when he was only twenty, de Portago married American former showgirl Carroll McDaniel (by whom he had two children). McDaniel was several years older than de Portago and they barely knew each other. One of his daughters is photographer Andrea Portago, who was on the June 1977 cover of Andy Warhol's Interview magazine. His son, Anthony, was a stockbroker born around 1954. Supposedly, McDaniel and de Portago were in the process of getting a divorce so he could legitimize his invalid Mexican marriage to fashion model Dorian Leigh (who had already aborted their first baby in 1954 and then gave birth to their son Kim on September 27, 1955). Leigh was eleven years his senior. However, de Portago was also dating actress Linda Christian, actor Tyrone Power's ex-wife.
De Portago was killed in the 1957 Mille Miglia on May 8. His divorce was to become final on May 9.
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