Barbara Eden’s Husband Jon Eicholtz: Meet Her Spouse & The 2 Men That Came Before Him

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Image Credit: Shutterstock Barbara Eden is an histrion champion known for the precocious 60s sitcom ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ She starred other Elvis Presley successful 1960’s ‘Flaming Star’ The Tucson autochthonal was joined 3 times and had 1 lad who died of an overdose

Barbara Eden quickly became 1 of America’s sweethearts with the debut of her deed sitcom I Dream of Jeannie in 1965. Playing a 2,000-year-old genie who crosses her arms and nods to marque a wish, each portion rocking a alternatively becoming harvest apical and veil, the Tucson native, calved successful 1931, besides cemented herself arsenic a TV icon. And the ageless prima is inactive moving successful the amusement industry, arsenic evident connected her Instagram.

Jon Eicholtz and Barbara Eden person been joined since 1991. (Shutterstock)

During her illustrious vocation — which included acting alongside Elvis Presley in 1960’s ‘Flaming Star’ and playing the pb successful some the Harper Valley PTA movie and TV bid — Barbara was joined 3 times and welcomed 1 child, a son, who tragically died successful 2001 from an overdose. Meet the men whom Barbara called husband, below.

Michael Ansara

Barbara Eden and Michael Ansara. (ANL/Shutterstock)

Barbara tied the knot with chap histrion Michael Ansara successful 1958. Michael, calved successful Lebanon successful 1922, was celebrated for playing Cochise successful the TV bid Broken Arrow, Kane successful the 1979–1981 bid Buck Rogers successful the 25th Century, and Commander Kang successful Star Trek: The Original Series.

The mates would spell connected to invited their lone child, lad Matthew Ansara, August 29, 1965. “We called him our lucky-charm baby,” Barbara wrote successful her 2011 autobiography Jeannie Out of the Bottle. “Our joyousness was boundless. We had a kid astatine last, and we loved him much than words could say.” Barbara and Michael would extremity up divorcing successful 1974 and the histrion passed distant successful 2013 astatine the property of 91.

Sadly, Matthew struggled with substance maltreatment disorder, and connected June 26, 2001, helium died astatine property 35 from a cause overdose. “Our joyousness was boundless, and our hopes that helium would unrecorded a steadfast and blessed beingness were unlimited,” Barbara wrote successful her book. “Matthew meant everything to some of us, and ever would.”

Charles Fegert

Barbara Eden successful ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ (Everett Collection)

While making her mode arsenic a azygous parent with Michael, Barbara recovered emotion for the 2nd clip with Charles Fegert, a Chicago Sun-Times enforcement whom she joined successful 1977. They enjoyed a little romance together, arsenic they divided 5 years later. Charles died successful 2002.

 Jon Eicholtz

In 1991, Barbara walked down the aisle with realtor and designer Jon Eicholtz. Since then, the mates look inseparable and wholly loved up. “I’m truly lucky,” she said of her beingness with Jon successful a 2021 interrogation with People. “I person beloved friends. I person a fantastic family, a precise supportive husband, a canine who is adorable, but a brat! Yes, I’m precise happy. I deliberation life, everything, has to enactment itself out. There’s a crushed for astir things, and I can’t privation for it.”

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