By the time the hearings were over, McCarthy had lost most of his allies. The Senate voted to condemn him for his âinexcusable,â âreprehensible,â âvulgar and insultingâ conduct âunbecoming a senator.â He kept his job but lost his power, and died in 1957 at the age of 48.
Diane is married to Mike Nichol in 1988. They got three children; a son Max Nichols, two daughters, Daisy Nichols and Jenny Nichols. She, by her religion, is a Roman Catholic.
Peers' first husband and Mansfield's father, Herbert Palmer, died of a heart attack when Mansfield, born Vera Jayne Palmer, was 3. Peers later married Harry Peers, who died in 1997 and was buried next to the grave sites of Vera Peers and Mansfield.