Looking Back On Phil Hartman 2 Decades After His Premature Death, And How He Is Still Cherished To This Day.

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Fame and fortune doesn’t always make your life perfect. In fact, many times, this is exactly what makes your life miserable. For beloved comedian Phil Hartman, his life was filled with just as much tragedy as it was with laughter. 20 years ago, Phil was shot to death in his own bed by his third wife, and even more tragic, it happened while his two young children lay sleeping in their beds. But although his death shocked both Hollywood and the rest of the world, friends and family were already privy to the dark world that Phil had been living in for such a long time.

Read the story about how his failing marriage and troubled wife led her to kill them both and disturbingly orphan their two young children.

Philip Edward Hartmann

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One out of seven children, Philip Edward Hartmann was born on September 24, 1948 in Brantford, Ontario. Being the fourth child, as well as having one sibling who was quite ill while growing up, Phil would later on share that he always felt that he lacked love and attention in his family life. They would eventually pack up and move to America in 1958 when Hartmann was only around 10 years old.

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