Klugman's first wife, actress-comedian Brett Somers, played his ex-wife, Blanche, in the Odd Couple series.

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He related how the first person he told was his ex-wife, Jemma, before broaching the subject with his parents.

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The interview would have been Simpson's first public appearance since his acquittal last week on charges he killed his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.

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His first major misstep was in January, when he learned that the wife of his ex-chief prosecutor, Kim Tae Jung, had accepted a fur coat and other clothes from an expensive boutique.

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He is survived by his wife of 14 years, Alexia, two ex-wives, three sons from his first marriage, four stepchildren, two sisters, two half brothers and 13 grandchildren.

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