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British actor and comedian John Cleese has split from his third wife after 19 years together. A friend of the couple said they had decided their relationship was over but no one else was involved.
"They just have felt that the relationship is not going to continue and I think they are very sad but fairly resolved about it," the friend told the Daily Telegraph.
Cleese's American-born wife, Alyce Faye Eichelberger Cleese, is a psychotherapist. Their decision to separate came when the actor became melancholy after the deaths of several close friends, the newspaper said.
