# What are some famous long-term marriages that ended in divorce?

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> I’ve heard he stayed legally married to Somers so he’d have an excuse for not marrying his long-term girlfriend Peggy Crosby.

The actor Spencer Tracy married Louise Treadwell in 1923. In 1941, during the filming of _Woman of the Year_, he began a relationship with Katharine Hepburn. Their relationship lasted until Tracy’s death in 1967. Tracy, who was raised Catholic, never sought a divorce.

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