The Shawshank Redemption star William Sadler mourns death of wife after 46 years of marriage
The Shawshank Redemption star William Sadler mourns death of wife after 46 years of marriage
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The Shawshank Redemption star William Sadler announced the death of his wife Marni Joan Bakst after 46 years of marriage. Sadler, 74, shared the news on his Facebook page this week, alongside a photo of him and Bakst taken the morning of their wedding on May 6, 1978.
![[Sadler, 74, shared the news on his Facebook page this week, alongside a picture of him and Bakst the morning of their wedding on May 6, 1978]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/06/93375829-14216261-image-a-43_1734764084207.jpg)
Shortly before going down the aisle, the couple were pictured in their bathrobes sitting at a breakfast table and enjoying their coffee. In the message accompanying the image, Sadler revealed that Bakst died this Wednesday after fighting cancer for two years.
![['After what has been an amazing forty five years of marriage I don’t think I can fathom or put into words much of this yet,' he wrote]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/06/93375843-14216261-image-a-44_1734764127711.jpg)
'After what has been an amazing forty five years of marriage I don’t think I can fathom or put into words much of this yet,' he wrote. Over the course of their long-running marriage, Sadler and Bakst welcomed a daughter called Sadler Colley Bakst, 38.
![[Sadler and Bakst are pictured in the late 1970s in a snapshot she posted to her Facebook page shortly before their wedding anniversary in 2014]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/06/93375833-14216261-image-a-45_1734764140249.jpg)
The Shawshank Redemption star William Sadler announced the death of his wife Marni Joan Bakst after 46 years of marriage; pictured in 1990 at the premiere of his film Die Hard 2. 'Early yesterday morning, my wife, Marni Bakst, finally lost her two year battle with cancer,' Sadler wrote in a Facebook post Thursday.
![[Sadler, pictured in 2019 at the premiere of the Ava DuVernay miniseries When They See Us, has had a long and distinguished career in movies, TV and theater]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/06/93375847-14216261-Sadler_pictured_in_2019_at_the_premiere_of_the_Ava_DuVernay_mini-m-48_1734764211391.jpg)
'After what has been an amazing forty five years of marriage I don’t think I can fathom or put into words much of this yet,' he added. 'Maybe with time and a little distance I’ll find it easier to describe this extraordinary artist, feminist, wife, and mother, but for now I want to thank you all for your patience and kind words,' he concluded, signing off: 'Yours, Bill.'.
![[His most famous film role is as a long-serving prisoner called Heywood in the acclaimed 1994 drama The Shawshank Redemption]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/06/93375839-14216261-His_most_famous_film_role_is_as_a_long_serving_prisoner_called_H-m-50_1734764228903.jpg)
