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  1.                                                                                 PEOPLE, Page 89Whose Fame?
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  4. By EMILY MITCHELL/Reported by Wendy Cole
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  7.     When they married 17 years ago, both were aspiring singers.
  8. Now mezzo-soprano FREDERICA VON STADE is an opera and recording
  9. star, and Peter Elkus, as of last week, is her ex-husband. In
  10. the divorce proceeding, Elkus' lawyer contended that since Elkus
  11. sacrificed his career goals to help his wife as voice coach and
  12. in other ways, he was entitled to a share of Von Stade's
  13. "enhanced" celebrity value. "A God-given talent," countered her
  14. counsel, isn't marital property. The judge, sounding the final
  15. note, rejected Elkus' claim.
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