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William Daniels is an incredibly versatile actor, who has starred successful a wide assortment of projects passim his galore years successful showbiz. While helium received wide acclaim for his performances successful the classic The Graduate or the Emmy-winning 80s TV series St. Elsewhere, William, 96, volition always beryllium remembered arsenic Mr. George Feeny to a generation of 90s kids who grew up connected Boy Meets World.
By his broadside done the galore memorable moments successful his vocation has been his wife Bonnie Bartlett, 94. An histrion herself, William and Bonnie person been joined since 1951, and they’re considered Hollywood’s longest-lasting progressive marriage. From their implicit 70 years together, William and Bonnie person had 3 sons, and they person galore much grandchildren. Find retired much astir their kids and grandkids here!
William’s kids
William Daniels Jr.
While William and Bonnie person a beauteous extended household and 2 beauteous sons, their household did person immoderate calamity aboriginal on. Their archetypal son William Jr. was calved successful 1961, but helium sadly died 24 hours later, according to Page Six.
William and Bonnie person been joined for implicit 70 years. (Everett Collection)
Michael Daniels
A fewer years aft the decease of their archetypal son, William and Bonnie became parents again erstwhile they adopted their son Michael, 59. Bonnie revealed that being a household successful Hollywood helped them found immoderate normalcy and routines successful a January 2023 interrogation with People. “Hollywood was truly the redeeming grace for our matrimony due to the fact that erstwhile we got to Hollywood and we were present and surviving similar a mean household and having weekends astatine location with our kids and doing things, it was wholly antithetic story,” she told the outlet, portion opening up astir their infidelities.
While William and Bonnie are beauteous unfastened astir their beingness and relationship, their kids look to beryllium comparatively private. While the mates occasionally stock photos of their boys connected societal media and their grandkids, some sons look to mostly enactment retired of the spotlight. William did stock a throwback photo of some boys connected Christmas successful 1973 successful December 2016. While helium whitethorn not beryllium successful the spotlight similar his dad, Michael is seemingly alos successful amusement business. He reportedly works successful Los Angeles arsenic an adjunct manager and signifier manager, according to William’s Wikipedia page.
Robert Daniels
Two years aft adopting Michael, the St. Elsewhere stars adopted their 2nd son Robert Daniels, 57, successful 1966. While the brace person mostly kept their household beingness retired of the spotlight, Bonnie did uncover that they had a scary acquisition erstwhile during Robert’s puerility erstwhile helium went missing astatine a beach, but thankfully, helium was recovered rapidly after. “I was paralyzed with fear. I didn’t cognize what to do,” she told the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. “It was horrible what I went through, the thought that I mightiness ne'er spot him again. It’s a devastating happening for a parent.”
Like his brother, Robert appears to support retired of the spotlight. He reportedly lives successful New York City and works arsenic a machine graphics decorator and an artist.
William’s Grandchildren
William and Bonnie person been precise unfastened astir however adjacent they are with their grandchildren and however successful caller years they’ve enactment overmuch of their absorption connected spending clip with family. The Graduate star admitted that “love and family” are the 2 things that support him going aft each of these years successful a 2021 interrogation with People.
Bonnie admitted that during the COVID pandemic, 1 of the astir hard things was not getting to walk arsenic overmuch clip with their grandchildren. “The lone happening is that we haven’t been capable to spot our kids successful New York and we haven’t been capable to spot our grandchildren precise overmuch here,” she said successful an interrogation with Solzy At The Movies.
Eliza
As Bonnie mentioned, the brace weren’t capable to be immoderate events owed to the COVID-19 pandemic, including their granddaughter Eliza’s graduation from Haverford College. William did stock a photograph to congratulate her and wrote that helium watched connected Zoom. He besides revealed that she got her grade successful chemistry, and helium adjacent compared her to 1 of his most iconic characters. “Despite the pandemic, the Class of ’21 prevailed. Congratulations, Eliza! We emotion you and we cognize you’ll spell connected to bash large things,” helium wrote. “The Feeny successful maine is truthful proud!”
Grace
While helium wasn’t capable to alert to Pennsylvania for Eliza’s assemblage graduation, William did get to be his different granddaughter Grace’s high schoolhouse graduation. He besides revealed that she would statesman her studies connected the East Coast astatine New York University. “Feeling arrogant ne'er ends with this household of mine. A immense congrats to my granddaughter Grace for graduating precocious schoolhouse and heading disconnected to NYU successful the fall. I’ll effort not to travel you there,” helium wrote successful an Instagram post.
The Boy Meets World star has besides shared rather a fewer photos with Grace, including a “group selfie” taken successful December 2020, arsenic they had a “family pod” amid the COVID pandemic.
Grandson
Besides his 2 granddaughters, William and Bonnie are besides arrogant grandparents to a grandson. While the histrion hasn’t publically shared his sanction connected societal media, helium did congratulate him connected his precocious schoolhouse graduation successful 2019. “Celebrating my grandson’s hard work. Off helium goes! Congrats to each graduates this twelvemonth – support dreamin!” helium wrote.
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