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Jaclyn Smith: Love Found After Dad's Surgery
14 Sep
Summary
- Jaclyn Smith met her husband while he was treating her father.
- The couple dated for seven years before marrying in 1997.
- They lived separately for 17 years before fully merging lives.
Actress Jaclyn Smith is reflecting on her enduring marriage to cardiothoracic surgeon Brad Allen. The couple first connected when Allen treated Smith's father at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center.
Smith, who had been married three times prior, found love unexpectedly. "He operated on my dad, and I never thought in a million years that this would be the love of my life," she recalled.
After dating for seven years, Smith and Allen married in Los Angeles on October 11, 1997. Their decision to marry involved Smith's two children, Gaston and Spencer Margaret, who embraced Allen as their stepfather.
Notably, the couple maintained separate residences for 17 years of their marriage. Smith described their relationship as one where "opposites do attract," united by shared morals and values.
