▁Dav ies ▁married ▁Hor ace ▁Brown ▁on ▁October ▁ 3 1 , ▁ 1 9 5 1 , ▁in ▁Las ▁Veg as . ▁It ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁happy ▁marriage . ▁Dav ies ▁file d ▁for ▁divor ce ▁twice , ▁but ▁neither ▁was ▁final ized , ▁despite ▁Brown ▁adm itting ▁he ▁treated ▁her ▁badly : ▁" I ' m ▁a ▁be ast ," ▁he ▁said . ▁" I ▁took ▁him ▁back . ▁I ▁don ' t ▁know ▁why ," ▁she ▁explained . ▁" I ▁guess ▁because ▁he ' s ▁standing ▁right ▁beside ▁me , ▁cry ing . ▁Thank ▁God ▁we ▁all ▁have ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁humor ." ▁ ▁Later ▁years ▁In ▁her ▁later ▁years , ▁Dav ies ▁was ▁involved ▁with ▁char ity ▁work . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 2 , ▁she ▁don ated ▁$ 1 . 9 ▁million ▁to ▁establish ▁a ▁children ' s ▁clin ic ▁at ▁U CLA ▁which ▁was ▁named ▁for ▁her . ▁ ▁The ▁clin ic ' s ▁name ▁was ▁changed ▁to ▁The ▁Matt el ▁Children ' s ▁Hospital ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁Dav ies ▁also ▁fought ▁child hood ▁dise ases ▁through ▁the ▁Mar ion ▁Dav ies ▁Foundation . ▁ ▁She ▁suffered ▁a ▁minor ▁stroke ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁and ▁later ▁under w ent ▁surg ery ▁on ▁her ▁j aw bone ▁for ▁o ste omy el itis . ▁Tw elve ▁days ▁after ▁the ▁operation , ▁Dav ies ▁fell ▁in ▁her ▁hospital ▁room ▁and ▁broke ▁her ▁leg . ▁Dav ies ▁made ▁her ▁last ▁public ▁appearance