Morgan Fairchild announced this week that his longtime “partner” and fiancée, Mark Seiler, has passed away. “#SadNews It is with great sadness to report that my beloved partner and her fiancé Mark Seiler passed away last Friday,” the Falcon Crest actress said Thursday on her own social media. wrote to the media.
Farichild revealed that Seiler “suffered from Parkinson’s disease for several years, but it looks like #LongCovid died after a third infection.” She added, “He was a warm, intelligent, and very funny person, I am so shocked. Please protect your loved ones and consider wearing a mask. #BeKind, sending you all love.”
The couple have been together since 1980. Deborah Roberts, Bernadette Peters, and Mark Hamill were among the many well-wishers to send their condolences in the comments.
“So sorry for your loss, Morgan. Sending my love & deepest condolences your way,” the “Star Wars” actor commented, promoting her to reply, “Thanks so much, Mark! Much appreciated!”
She also thanked several others for their kind thoughts, telling one person “I’m still kinda in shock” and another that it’s been a “tough year.” She also revealed she wasn’t alone as she grieved, telling actor Mary McDonald-Lewis after she sent her condolences, “Thanks so much, Mary! Cathryn is here with me and we both send our [heart emoji].”
On World Parkinson’s Day in April, Fairchild said that Seiler “was diagnosed in 2016, so we’ve been living with this for a while now.” Fairchild opened up about his diagnosis and their relationship to Closer in 2020, telling the magazine that he has been living in a nursing home and that she had spent the pandemic lockdown by herself.
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“They’re taking very good care of him there,” she said at the time. “I’m very grateful that they haven’t had any cases there … [but] I’m just here.”
“I love him so much,” she gushed to the magazine. He was “a very nice person.” Fairchild was married to Jack Calmes from 1967 to 1973.