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  1. Aug 1, 2023 · Lisa Strain was the ex-wife of the late actor and comedian Phil Hartman, whom he married in 1982 and divorced in 1985. Learn more about her life and her connection to Phil Hartman's legacy.

  2. Sep 23, 2014 · His second wife, Lisa Strain (with whom he remained close friends until his death), describes him as "horrifically cheap" and says he wouldn't even let her share a special shampoo he...

  3. May 29, 1998 · The apparent murder-suicide shocked fellow stars and longtime friends of Hartman, a gifted mimic who was known for masterful impersonations of such figures as President...

    • Greg Braxton
    • Senior Writer, Culture And Representation
    • greg.braxton@latimes.com
  4. Oct 17, 2023 · Lisa Strain, Phil Hartman's ex-wife, reveals how he confided in her about his wife's anger issues and how she received a threatening letter from Brynn Hartman. She also shares her shock and disbelief over the murder-suicide that ended his life in 1998.

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    • Phil Hartman’s First Forays Into Comedy
    • How Phil Hartman Met His Wife Brynn Omdahl
    • Brynn Hartman’s Erratic Behavior Before The Murder of Phil Hartman
    • How Did Phil Hartman Die?
    • The Sad Legacy of Phil Hartman’s Death

    Born in September of 1948 in Ontario, Canada, Phil Hartman was the fourth of eight children in a devout Catholic family. Yet with so many siblings vying for their parent’s love, Hartman found it difficult to earn attention and affection. “I suppose I didn’t get what I wanted out of my family life,” Hartman said, “so I started seeking love and atten...

    Thanks to his undeniable charisma and talent, Phil Hartman began to garner more praise and work. Voice work and small roles in films began to come in as well. Hartman even assisted fellow Groundling Paul Reubens to develop his now-iconic Pee-wee Herman character. It was then in 1985 that Phil Harman met Brynn Omdahl, the woman who would become his ...

    By the time Phil Hartman left Saturday Night Livein 1994, there was no denying the fact that the tone of the show had begun to change thanks in part to the arrival of new cast members with particularly silly and absurd sensibilities like Adam Sandler and Chris Farley. After nearly 10 years in New York with the sketch comedy show, Hartman, his wife,...

    On the night of May 27th, 1998, Brynn Hartman had gone to dinner with a friend who had later said that she had been in “a good frame of mind”. After she returned home, Brynn is said to have argued with Hartman. Phil Hartman was angry with his wife for a previous incident where she had hit their daughter while she was under the influence of alcohol ...

    In the wake of his passing, NBC executive Don Ohlmeyer said that Hartman “was blessed with a tremendous gift for creating characters that made people laugh. Everyone who had the pleasure of working with Phil knows that he was a man of tremendous warmth, a true professional and a loyal friend.” Others who commented on Phil Hartman’s death included S...

    • John Kuroski
  5. Jul 19, 2019 · As emotional opposites, Phil often withdrew into his own world, a characteristic that his wife before Brynn knew well. Lisa Strain married Phil in 1982, but their union fell apart less than three years later.

  6. Mar 4, 2023 · He later married Lisa Strain, a real estate agent, in 1982. That marriage lasted only three years. Strain called her ex-husband reclusive and passive in an interview with PEOPLE, and said he ...

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