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Aug 13, 2022 · Unfortunately, Dick's first wife passed away in 2008 after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer only one year before. She was 81 years old. Margie Willett's death deeply affected the actor. During an interview Dick had with the Guardian, he admitted to losing a part of himself with her passing.
Aug 1, 2016 · Margie died of pancreatic cancer in 2008, a heartbreak the actor said deeply affected him. "Even though we were long divorced, with her death I lost a part of myself," he writes. One year later, Michelle was diagnosed with lung cancer.
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- Willett Dumped Her High School Boyfriend for Van Dyke. Willett and Van Dyke grew up together in Danville, Illinois. It’s a small town located along Illinois’ eastern border with Indiana.
- The Couple Got Married on a Radio Show. Van Dyke and Willett decided to tie the knot. But as he told The Guardian in a 2016 interview, the couple was “too broke to get married.”
- Willett & Van Dyke Were Evicted From Their Malibu Apartment As She Suffered a Miscarriage in the Late 1940s; They Went on to Have 4 Children. Willett and Van Dyke lived in Malibu early on in his acting career.
- Willett Wasn’t a Fan of Hollywood & Preferred the Family’s Ranch in Arizona. As Van Dyke’s career in Hollywood took off, Willett wasn’t always comfortable with her husband’s fame and the lifestyle that came with it.
She was tragically diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2007 and died at the age of 81 in 2008. In one of his interviews, Margie’s ex-husband Dick acknowledged that, despite their divorce at the...
May 13, 2021 · Van Dyke and Willett officially divorced in 1984, eight years after Van Dyke opened up about his infidelity to Merritt and separated. Merritt died of pancreatic cancer in 2008.
Jul 24, 2023 · What happened to Margie Willett? Dick Van Dyke's first wife passed away in 2008 at the age of 81 years old. Pancreatic cancer was Margie Willett's cause of death.
Jan 12, 2024 · Actor and comedian Dick Van Dyke was married to Margie Willett for over three decades before they divorced in 1984. Here's what we know about her life.
