{"id":32366,"date":"2025-06-22T07:54:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T07:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=32366"},"modified":"2025-06-22T07:54:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T07:54:47","slug":"ann-margret-cared-for-her-husband-his-death-broke-her-heart","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=32366","title":{"rendered":"Ann-Margret cared for her husband \u2013 his death broke her heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ann-Margret: A Life of Talent, Love, and Strength<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ann-Margret, known for her fiery beauty and talent, captured hearts in films like\u00a0<em>Bye Bye Birdie<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Viva Las Vegas<\/em>, and famously dated Elvis Presley. Yet, she believes her greatest achievement isn\u2019t fame\u2014it\u2019s her marriage to Roger Smith.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>Though pursued by many, it was actor Roger Smith who won her heart. They married in 1967, and despite a rocky wedding day, they built a deep, loving relationship. Roger gave up his own acting career to manage and support Ann-Margret, helping her evolve beyond her \u201csex symbol\u201d image and guiding her to more serious roles, like in\u00a0<em>Carnal Knowledge<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15481\" src=\"https:\/\/currentnews-foryou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-389.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The couple faced challenges\u2014Ann-Margret battled substance abuse and survived a near-fatal fall in 1972. Roger famously flew a stolen plane to get her emergency surgery. In 1980, Roger was diagnosed with the neuromuscular disease myasthenia gravis, later complicated b<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15482\" src=\"https:\/\/currentnews-foryou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-390.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>y Parkinson\u2019s. Ann-Margret put her career on hold to care for him until his death in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>They had no children together, something she has said was a deep regret. Yet, she proudly embraced her role as stepmother to Roger\u2019s three children.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15483\" src=\"https:\/\/currentnews-foryou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-391.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Even after his passing, Ann-Margret says, \u201cWhen I look back at my life, I am most proud of my marriage. We loved each other and were always in each other\u2019s corner.\u201d Their lasting bond remains a powerful example of love, sacrifice, and commitment in Hollywood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ann-Margret: A Life of Talent, Love, and Strength Ann-Margret, known for her fiery beauty and talent, captured hearts in films like\u00a0Bye Bye Birdie\u00a0and\u00a0Viva Las Vegas, and famously&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32367,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-32366","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ann-Margret cared for her husband \u2013 his death broke her heart - POPULARNEWS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=32366\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ann-Margret cared for her husband \u2013 his death broke her heart - 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