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  • Christine Baranski’s Husband of 30 Years Dies

    It’s not often a Hollywood marriage stands the test of time and it’s sad to hear that The Good Wife‘s Christine Baranski has lost her husband of 30 years, Matthew Cowles.

    Cowles — an actor best known for his role as villain Billy Clyde Tuggle on All My Children — died Thursday at the age of 69.

    Cowles manager, Tsu Tsu Stanton, announced the sad news on Twitter Friday.

    The veteran actor’s career included roles on the small screen, the big screen and on Broadway.

    As well as his role in All My Children, his television appearances include The Bold and Beautiful, Oz and Life on Mars.

    Cowles earned two daytime Emmy nominations for his portrayal of Tuggle and also appeared in the web-only version of the long-running soap opera when it debuted in 2013.

    His roles on Broadway included The Time of Your Life and Sweet Bird of Youth. He also appeared in Hollywood films Shutter Island and American Loser. He also wrote several plays.

    Other condolences for Baranski were tweeted by fans and colleagues.

    The couple married in 1983 and have two daughters together – Isabel and Lily.

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  • Christine Baranski: ‘The Good Wife’ Actress’s Husband Dies

    Christine Baranski, known for her role as Diane Lockhart on The Good Wife, is mourning the death of her husband of 30 years, Matthew Cowles. The 69-year-old actor, known for his role as villain Billy Clyde Tuggle on the daytime drama All My Children, was found dead at his home on Thursday May 22nd. His cause of death is unknown.

    Cowles was also known for his roles on Nurse Betty, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Life on Mars. He was a two-time Daytime Emmy nominee. In addition to being an actor, Cowles was a playwright, too. He also appeared on the big screen in Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island.

    In addition to her role on The Good Wife, Christine Baranski appeared as a guest star on The Big Bang Theory and made appearances on numerous other television shows. She is also a multiple Emmy nominee and Tony award winner.

    Tsu Tsu Stanton was Matthew Cowles’ manage for many years. She shared word of his passing and of her grief via a Twitter post.

    Former All My Children writer Jean Passanante shared her feelings about the actor’s death, too.

    Many fans took to Twitter as well, using the hashtags #BillyClydeTuggle and #RIPBillyClyde.

    In addition to wife Christine Baranski, Matthew Cowles is survived by the couple’s two daughters, Isabel and Lily. Their husband and father’s sudden passing has no doubt left the family grief stricken and heartbroken. Condolences are no doubt going out from around the world to Matthew Cowles’ family and friends.

    It will be interesting to learn in the coming days what took the actor from his loved ones so suddenly. Was it a heart attack or stroke? It’s likely that an autopsy is being conducted, but no word on that has yet hit the media. No word has been released on when Matthew Cowles will be laid to rest either. That will no doubt be announced within the next few days as well.

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  • Christine Baranski’s Husband Dies

    Christine Baranski’s Husband Dies

    Actress Christine Baranski, known for her roles in television, musicals, and film, has lost her husband of 30 years, actor Matthew Cowles.

    Baranski is most recently known for her role of Diane Lockhart on The Good Wife, was also in Cybill, and is known for guest starring on The Big Bang Theory as Leonard’s mother, Beverly Hofstadter.

    Her husband, Matthew Cowles, was best known for his role as the villain Billy Clyde Tuggle on the ABC soap opera All My Children. Cowles invented and wrote that role. He played Tuggle in the late 70s, then again in the late 80s, and returned to the role briefly in 2013.

    Cowles was also a playwright. He had most recently appeared on the big screen in a supporting role in Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio.

    Cowles and Baranski married in 1983, had two children together, and were inseparable.

    The cause of Cowles death is so far unknown and unpublished. He was 69 when he died.

    His manager Tsu Tsu Stanton said of Cowles, “He was a very gifted and kind man who loved life and everyone.”

    Cowles wife, Christine Baranski, is a much better-known figure nowadays, not just because of her role in The Good Wife, as well as Big Bang Theory appearances, but for her work on stage. She began her career in Off-Broadway productions, and made her Boradway debut in 1980,

    She has won Tony and Drama Desk awards twice. Folks will recall Baranski in the film Chicago, which crosses over between the worlds of stage musicals and film. The film starred Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard Gere. Baranski played the role of Mary Sunshine, a reporter whose retelling of events in the film is at the heart of the films moral, that the public can be played, razzle-dazzled, into turning a blind eye to even criminal behavior if a celebrity spin is put on it by a skillful spin-master.

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