Cindy Williams’ Husband: All About ‘Laverne & Shirley’ Star’s Marriage To Goldie Hawn’s Ex, Bill Hudson

• Cindy Williams was a palmy histrion known for her enactment connected Laverne & Shirley and more.
• She was lone joined once, to Bill Hudson.
• Bill is notably besides the ex-husband to histrion Goldie Hawn.
• On Jan. 30, 2023, quality broke that Cindy had died conscionable 5 days anterior astatine the property of 75.

Golden Globe-nominated actress Cindy Williams was known for her clip connected the deed amusement Laverne & Shirley and more. Some of the different projects she worked connected during her galore decades successful Hollywood besides include George Lucas‘ American Graffiti, The First Nudie Musical, Happy Days, and more. When the precocious 75-year-old wasn’t engaged wowing connected the acceptable of astonishing shows and movies, she was engaged raising her kids and spending clip with her then-husband. Below is everything to cognize astir Cindy’s matrimony to instrumentalist Bill Hudson, 73, their life, and much amid the quality of her death.

Cindy Williams & Bill Hudson were joined from 1982 until 2000. (Everett Collection)

Who Was Cindy Williams’ Husband?

Cindy was joined lone 1 clip during her life. The precocious quality met Bill erstwhile she was 35 years aged and helium was 33. Bill and his then-bride tied the knot successful 1982 and had a agelong marriage that lasted until they divorced successful 2000. There is not a batch that is publically known astir the backstage details of Cindy and Bill’s marriage, however, it is wide that it didn’t extremity up moving retired for the two.

Prior to Cindy, Bill was married to Death Becomes Her star Goldie Hawn, 77, from 1976 until they divorced six years later. The falling retired of this duo’s matrimony was much public, with some of them speaking astir it assorted times successful caller years. During a 2016 interrogation on Loose Women, the blonde bombshell revealed wherefore she wouldn’t re-marry aft Bill. “We’ve been joined earlier and it didn’t enactment truthful wherefore bash it again?”, Goldie said regarding her decades-long romance with actor Kurt Russell, 71.

Cindy & Bill during their marriage. (Photolink/Mediapunch/Shutterstock)

Unfortunately, successful 2011 Bill shared immoderate words astir Goldie to The Daily Mail, successful which helium slammed their clip together. “I americium sick and bushed of her portraying this squeaky-clean representation to the satellite erstwhile the world of her beingness is truthful different. She is manipulative, cruel and selfish. I person done this publication due to the fact that I privation to amusement the flip broadside of the Hollywood dream. I got caught up successful Goldie’s satellite and I americium inactive paying a achy price,” Bill said astatine the time. He released astir his beingness that twelvemonth titled 2 Versions: The Other Side of Fame and Family Bill Hudson. The musician and Goldie welcomed 2 kids: actress Kate Hudson, 43, and their son Oliver Hudson, 46.

Did Cindy & Bill Have Kids?

Cindy Williams & her 2 kids. (Peter Brooker/Shutterstock)

During Cindy’s marriage to Bill, they then-couple welcomed two kids. During their archetypal twelvemonth arsenic a joined couple, The First Nudie Musical star and Bill welcomed a daughter, Emily Hudson, 41, successful 1982. Emily came into their lives arsenic Cindy was filming the seventh play of Laverne & Shirley, which she revealed during a 2015 interrogation with the TODAY show. “I thought I was going to travel backmost and they’d fell [her baby bump] down benches, couches, pillows, and that wasn’t it,” she said astatine the time. “When it came clip for maine to motion my declaration for that season, they had maine moving connected my owed day to person my baby. I said, ‘You know, I can’t motion this.’ And it went backmost and distant and backmost and forth, and it conscionable ne'er got worked out. Right aft that, [shows] would physique nurseries connected sets.”

Later, Cindy gave commencement to her lad Zachary Hudson, 37, successful 1986. Although her 2 big children unrecorded a beingness retired the nationalist eye, they did amusement up to enactment their ma during her 2004 Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony. Emily and Zachary are notably the half-siblings of Kate and Oliver. The Almost Famous star opened up astir wanting to reconnect with her dad’s kids during a Jan. 2021 occurrence of her podcast, Sibling Revelry.

Cindy Williams died connected Jan. 25, 2023. (BEI/Shutterstock)

“You cognize what I’ve been reasoning astir lately? Dad,” Kate told Oliver astatine the time. “I’ve been reasoning astir our sisters that we don’t walk immoderate clip with and our member — brothers. We’ve got four siblings we don’t walk immoderate clip with.” The blonde quality continued, “We’ve been talking truthful overmuch astir sibling relationships and distraught relationships oregon bully relations — and we’re sitting present similar we person the champion family, we’re truthful large and yet we don’t ever admit the information that we person 4 different siblings.”

Cindy’s Passing

Sadly, the phenomenal Hollywood starlet died astatine the property of 75 connected Jan. 25, 2023, arsenic confirmed by her household via a statement to AP. “The passing of our kind, hilarious mother, Cindy Williams, has brought america insurmountable sadness that could ne'er genuinely beryllium expressed,” the connection via their rep read. “Knowing and loving her has been our joyousness and privilege. She was 1 of a kind, beautiful, generous and possessed a superb consciousness of wit and a glittering tone that everyone loved.” According to her kids, Cindy passed distant pursuing a “brief illness” successful Los Angeles.

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