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Byline: KATE SULLIVAN

Fame can bring two people together; it can also tear them apart. Below, some of the numbers behind the most celebrated celebrity lovesand loves lostthroughout history.

30 B.C.: Year Mark Antony took his own life after hearing rumors of Cleopatra's suicide.

1,100: Estimated number of letters John and Abigail Adams exchanged during their courtship and marriage.

1875: Year Irish immigrant Frank Butler challenged sharpshooter Annie Oakley to a shooting contest; he lost, but went on to become her business manager, assistant, and husband for 50 years.

18: Days Butler went without food after Oakley died before dying himself.

21: Age of Frida Kahlo when she visited muralist Diego Rivera to get his advice on her work; a tumultuous relationship and two marriages followed.

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