Gone too soon. Michelle Williams, Lea Michele and more stars have opened up about dealing with their grief following unexpected deaths in their personal lives.
The Dawson’s Creek alum met Heath Ledger after they played husband and wife in Brokeback Mountain in 2004. The couple welcomed daughter Matilda the following year. Williams and Ledger called it quits in 2007, just months before the actor died of an accidental overdose at 28 years old.
Williams later reflected on dealing with the Australia native’s passing and how her daughter has kept her going.
“Every time I really miss him and wonder where he’s gone, I just look at her. I can talk about grief, because that’s mine, about single parenting, about trying to balance work and kids. But what I don’t have to talk about is what happened between Heath and me in our relationship,” she told Vogue in September 2009. “Brokeback Mountain was an unrepeatable moment in time, a very charmed time in my life. I was in love. I was in a movie I was proud to be a part of and with a beautiful, brand new baby. Everything was good in that moment.”
The Golden Globe winner also explained how Ledger’s death affected her. “Now, my life, our life, has a kind of repaired itself. [Ledger’s death has] changed how I see the world and how I interact on a daily basis,” she shared with the magazine in 2011. “It’s changed the parent I am. It’s changed the friend I am. It’s changed the kind of work that I really want to do. It’s become the lens through which I see life — that it’s all impermanent.”
Williams moved on with Phil Elverum when they secretly tied the knot in 2018 — calling it quits less than one year later. After working with Thomas Kail on Fosse/Verdon, the pair got engaged and welcomed son Hart in June 2020. The Montana native confirmed that she was expecting their second child in May 2022.
Michele, for her part, also formed a connection with costar Cory Monteith after they starred in Glee together. Following his tragic passing in 2013, the Scream Queens alum praised the time they got to spend with one another.
“We talked about a lot of things. We talked about children and what we would look like when we grew old, and who would be fat and how we would stay thin,” she told Glamour UK in 2014. “We talked about where we wanted to go and what we wanted to do. We were done. We were it.”
The Broadway star added: “When you’re at that place in your life with someone, you talk about everything. But today I feel like I was given the best part of Cory, and I’m thankful for that.”
The New Jersey native moved on with Zandy Reich. They announced their engagement in 2018 and exchanged vows one year later. The duo’s first child, son Ever, was born in August 2020.
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The American Idol alum's husband, Kyle Jacobs, died by apparent suicide at age 49 in February 2023. The couple had been married since 2011. David Starbuck/Alexx Henry Studios
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The One Tree Hill alum married Will Friend in May 2016. Prince's friend Odette Annable confirmed in July 2022 that Friend died at age 33 after he was struck by lightning on a boat earlier that month. According to reports, CPR was performed on Friend for 20 minutes before he was pronounced dead. Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock
Williams and Heath Ledger started dating after meeting on the set of Brokeback Mountain. The pair welcomed a daughter, Matilda, in 2005 and broke up two years later. In 2008, Ledger died from an accidental drug overdose. David Fisher/Shutterstock
The singer formed a connection with René Angélil after he was originally her manager. They got engaged in 1993 and exchanged vows one year later. Dion and Angélil welcomed son René-Charles in 2001 and fraternal twins Eddy and Nelson in October 2010. The producer died in January 2016 following a battle with throat cancer. David Fisher/Shutterstock
After bringing Rachel and Finn's love to life on Glee, Michele and Cory Monteith also started dating offscreen in 2012. One year later, the actor died at age 31 of an accidental mixed drug toxicity, involving heroin and alcohol. Monteith completed a stay in rehab months prior to his death. Evan Agostini/AP/Shutterstock
Neeson and Natasha Richardson met in 1993 while working on Broadway’s Anna Christie. The duo sparked romance rumors following the Parent Trap star's divorce from producer Robert Fox. After their nuptials, Neeson and Richardson welcomed their son Micheál in 1995. Their son Daniel was born in 1996. The British actress died after suffering a traumatic brain injury from a fall during a ski vacation in 2009. She was 45. Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
The Grease star met Kelly Preston in 1987 while working on The Experts. The couple, who tied the knot four years later, welcomed son Jett in 1992, daughter Ella in 2000 and son Benjamin in 2010. Jett died in January 2009 at the age of 16 after suffering a seizure and hitting his head. In July 2020, Travolta announced that his wife passed away at age 57 following a two-year struggle with breast cancer. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
The Downton Abbey alum started dating John Dineen after they were introduced by her costar Allen Leech in 2013. Following two years together, Dockery and Dineen got engaged in 2015. Later that year, Dineen died amid his battle with a rare form of cancer. He was 34. NEIL HALL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
The Disney alum got married to Chris Carney in 2011 after a two-year engagement. Thornton welcomed son Kenneth in 2012 and son Bentley in 2014. The former Prom Kings band member died in a car accident after slamming into a tree. He was 35. Dave Allocca/Starpix/Shutterstock
The Canada native was first linked to Jennifer Syme in 1998. The following year, the Ellie Parker actress got pregnant with the pair's first child. Their daughter was born stillborn in December 1999. Reeves and Syme called it quits but rekindled their relationship ahead of her 2001 death in a car accident. Matt Baron/Shutterstock
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