Moonlightingcaptivated television audiences when it premiered on March 3, 1985.
The series starredCybill Shepherdas model Maddie Haynes, whose significant fortune is wiped out by an unfortunate embezzlement scheme.
After it ended on May 14, 1989,Moonlightingwas more or less unavailable for decades.
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Willis went on to have one of the most prolific and enduring careers of any modern actor.
The star was married toDemi Moorefrom 1987 to 2000.
Although the couple divorced, theyremained close friendsand were even neighbors for a time.
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He married his current wife, model Emma Heming Willis, in 2009.
He shares daughters Rumer, Scout, and Tallulah with Moore, and daughters Mabel and Evelyn with Heming.
His condition progressed intofrontotemporal dementiathis year.
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“I will always love Bruce.”
Shepard married David M. Ford in 1978.
They had one daughter before divorcing in 1982.
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She was later married to Bruce Oppenheim from 1987 to 1990.
The actress alsobriefly shared an intimate moment with Willis.
In her 2000 memoirCybill Disobedience, Shepherd recalls how the on-screen chemistry spilled into real life.
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“‘Are we going to do something about this or what?'”
she recalls asking her costar.
He arrived at her house, where they began to kiss “passionately.”
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Shepherd feared this could complicate their relationship even further, though.
“We never did finish what we started,” she lamented.
She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998 but has been in remission since undergoing a procedure.
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You might also recognize his voice work as Schmuley “Snot” Lonstein onAmerican Dad.
In a 2015interview withA.V.
Club, Armstrong addressed the enduring rumors of on-set tensions.
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“Were things as bad as everyone said they were?
Not initially, but they got worse,” he confided.
Beyond series creator Glenn Gordon Caron constantly rewriting scripts, there was also conflict between the two stars.
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“It was just Cybill and Bruce were personalities that didn’t get along…
It happens, you know.
Nobody writes about it.
It’s just personalities.”
Armstrong married Elaine Aaronson in 1994.
They share a daughter, Lily, who was born in 1996.
On television, Blessing reteamed with costar Cybill Shepherd on her sitcomCybill.
Curtis Armstrong later toldA.V.
Clubabout the fun cameo he and Blessing made on the pilot episode ofCybill.
So we went in and did it.
Rocket married his college girlfriend, Beth Crellin, in 1972.
Their son Zane was born in 1976.
Crellin and Rocket remained married until his death by suicide in 2005 at age 56.
More recently, she’s appeared in the filmsSuperman Returns(2006) andWinter’s Tale(2014).
OnMoonlighting, she played Maddie’s mother in six episodes across three seasons.
I segued into TV and am perfectly happy."
She survives him with their two children, Darrell and Laurette, as well as four grandchildren.
Adams has been married to actorTony Shalhoub(Monk,The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) since 1992.
They share two daughters, whom they adopted.
Madsen was married to actor Danny Huston from 1988 to 1992.
She then dated Antonio Sabato Jr., with whom she shares one son, from 1993 to 1998.
Her brother isReservoir DogsstarMichael Madsen.
