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MORE: Celine Dion Is Doing an “Outstanding Job” Managing Her Own Career Following Husband René Angélil’s Death (EXCLUSIVE). Statistics put Ann-Margret height as 1.61 m and weight ‎54 kg. Even though Ann-Margret is doing her best to move on today without her partner, “she will be lost without her husband.” Rest in peace, Roger. But she put her career on the back burner for years to care for Roger while he battled myasthenia gravis and Parkinson’s disease. Alan Thicke’s Wife Tanya Callau Reveals She and the Late Actor Planned to Have a Baby Before His Death, Liberace’s Friends Reveal the Humble, Generous Man Behind His Life of Glitz and Glamour (EXCLUSIVE), Terri Irwin Reveals She and Steve Irwin Wanted to Have More Kids Prior to His Death. They soon became inseparable, and he gave up acting to manage her career. “You’re not dead when you reach a certain age,” she says. For more exclusive news from Closer Weekly, be sure to sign up for our newsletter! “You have to keep living and not sit at home and watch TV alone. For more on your favorite celebs, pick up the latest issue of Closer Weekly, on newsstands now! “She certainly mourned for Roger but, more than anything, she fondly recalled the life they made together,” the friend says. She came to the U.S. at 4, not speaking a word of English, and learned not only the language but solid values. “Music ignited a fiery, pent-up passion inside Elvis and inside me,” she says. guest star says. Closer Weekly is part of the American Media Entertainment Group.Copyright © A360 Media LLC 2020. Ann-Margret Personal Life: Affair, Dating, Boyfriend, Husband, Family & Children “They were a totally devoted couple, and Ann had put her highly successful career on the back burner years ago in order to care for the man she loves,” the insider added. “They couldn’t stand to be apart from each other, being on film sets on opposite ends of the country,” a friend tells Closer Weekly in the magazine’s latest issue, on newsstands now. You have to participate.”, That’s a work ethic Ann-Margret learned from her Swedish-immigrant parents. “I kept saying no, no, no to everything because I was taking care of him,” she says. External Sites, Billy Goldenberg, a two-time Emmy-winning composer and 21-time nominee who was musical director for. She survived the loss of her beloved husband of 50 years, Roger Smith, in 2017, and she’s staying busy at 78, having recently wrapped a role in the big-screen comedy Never Too Late opposite fellow legends Ellen Burstyn and James Caan. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: Will Julie Dretzin or Clea Duvall continue this wild Emmy trend for Hulu? “To her, a great love story doesn’t end with death. Her husband sadly passed on Sunday, June 4 at age 84 after battling myasthenia gravis for many years. “I knew I was going to marry him on the third date,” she says. Not long afterward, Ann-Margret tied the knot with actor Roger Smith (77 Sunset Strip). “Whatever! “He really wanted to reach that 50-year mark,” the source tells Closer. She’s also been on television recently, starring as June in the show “Ray Donovan”. In an interview with New York Magazine in 1976, he revealed a career dream he always had for him and his wife, that they unfortunately never fulfilled. Abramorama recently debuted the first official trailer for, “Praise be” to great guest stars! You can’t keep Ann-Margret down. Credited With Closer Weekly is part of the American Media Entertainment Group.Copyright © A360 Media LLC 2020. He was 84. Amazingly, “, Test your arts knowledge with these questions from our critics. The musical adaptation of the Who’s 1969 rock opera about a deaf, dumb, and blind pinball wizard premiered on Broadway in 1993 and closed two years later after 889 performances. “My mother was the strongest person I ever knew,” she says. “If you’re a spouse, if one of you has a broken wing, the other takes over.”, Sadly, Roger died at 84 in 2017. The latter introduced her to Elvis Presley, and they had an instant attraction. When Roger was first diagnosed, he transitioned to helping Ann manage her acting career and put his own on hold. 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All Rights Reserved, 'The Flintstones': Why the Cartoon Is a Beloved Sitcom, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Robin Roberts Gives Update on Amber Laign 1 Week After Father Died, Martin Lawrence Has 3 Kids He's Proud Of — Meet His Grown Daughters, Changing It Up! “I met them when they were 3, 6, and 7,” she says of stepdaughter Tracey, now 62, and stepsons Jordan, 61, and Dallas, 57. Ann-Margret was born on March 1, 1994 and currently as of 2020, she is 79 years old. Television has a rich history going back decades, though you might not know it considering how much of it is — or, more often than not, isn’t — available to stream. Along the way, it racked up five Tony Awards and proved that rock can work on the Broadway stage, paving the way for countless shows that followed. It will come as a surprise to no one that, "She's original, she's not like anybody else." In 2017, she would star in the Zach Braff-directed film “Going in Style”, and followed it up the next year with a role in “Papa”. Ann-Margret and Roger Smith were married for 50 years before the actor died in 2017. https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/ann-margret-husband-death-134625 Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy. She’s still close to all of them today and says proudly, “Two of them are doctors.”, Ann-Margret kept working steadily over the years, appearing in hits like the Grumpy Old Men movies with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon and winning an Emmy for a guest shot on Law & Order: SVU in 2010.