Jean Smart opens up about death of husband Richard Gilliland while she was filming Hacks

While actress, who also played Kate Winslet’s memorable mother in Mare of Easttown, said she doesn’t have plans for a memoir, she did mention Gilliland, whom she met while filming Designing Women.

“You know, I feel like I just should say something about my husband, because he passed away very unexpectedly.

“I was a wreck, but it actually turned out to be very funny,” Smart said, before praising the talents of her late husband.

Gilliland died on March 18 in Los Angeles following a brief illness, according to a statement from his family.

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