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Jean Smart is the proud mother of two children: Connor and Forrest Gilliland. Smart and her late husband, Richard Gilliland , met on the set of the CBS sitcom Designing Women and within a year, they married in June 1987. Two years later, Smart and Gilliland welcomed their son Connor in October 1989, followed by their second child, Forrest, in May 2009 via adoption. Smart and Gilliland were married for nearly 34 years before the actor died at the age of 71 , following a βbrief illness," in March 2021....
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