▁susp icion ▁following ▁the ▁flight ▁of ▁Burg ess ▁and ▁Mac lean . ▁She ▁lived ▁separately ▁from ▁Phil by , ▁sett ling ▁with ▁their ▁children ▁in ▁Crow borough ▁while ▁he ▁lived ▁first ▁in ▁London ▁and ▁later ▁in ▁Be ir ut . ▁We ak ened ▁by ▁alco hol ism ▁and ▁frequent ▁sick ness , ▁she ▁died ▁of ▁influen za ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 5 7 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁Phil by ▁began ▁an ▁affair ▁with ▁Ele an or ▁Bre wer , ▁the ▁wife ▁of ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁correspond ent ▁Sam ▁Pope ▁Bre wer . ▁Following ▁Ele an or ' s ▁divor ce , ▁the ▁couple ▁married ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 9 5 9 . ▁After ▁Phil by ▁defect ed ▁to ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 , ▁Ele an or ▁visited ▁him ▁in ▁Moscow . ▁In ▁November ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁after ▁a ▁visit ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁she ▁returned , ▁int ending ▁to ▁sett le ▁perman ently . ▁In ▁her ▁absence , ▁Phil by ▁had ▁begun ▁an ▁affair ▁with ▁Donald ▁Mac lean ' s ▁wife , ▁Mel inda . ▁He ▁and ▁Ele an or ▁divor ced ▁and ▁she ▁depart ed ▁Moscow ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 6 5 . ▁Mel inda ▁left ▁Mac lean ▁and ▁briefly ▁lived ▁with ▁Phil by ▁in ▁Moscow . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁she ▁returned ▁to ▁Mac lean . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁Phil by ▁married ▁R uf ina ▁P uk