Saratoga Springs

His ex-wife, Hill, now 83, is a retired junior high school teacher living in Saratoga Springs, Utah.

She passed away peacefully on Sunday, surrounded by family at her home in Saratoga Springs, a statement said.

“We’ve never had that many people here on a June 8 in the history of Saratoga Springs. But 50,000 people come here often over the summer.”

Without the social cachet of more accessible resorts like Newport, R.I., or Saratoga Springs, N.Y., it struck many people as folly to believe the swell set would spend their holidays on Nantucket.

After recovering from a near-fatal automobile accident in the late 1960s, Mr. Wakefield moved to Saratoga Springs and embarked on a solo career.