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Nancy Dolman, Martin Short’s wife of 30 years and mother of their three children, died Saturday at the couple’s Pacific Palisades home.

The Los Angeles City Fire Department responded to a medical emergency call at Short’s address at 8:30 am Saturday.

A representative for Short, Marc Gurvitz, confirmed the sad news but provided no cause of death or any additional details.

Dolman, who was born in Ontario Canada in 1952, married Short in 1980. They met while working together in a Canadian production of the musical Godspell.

Their children are – Katherine, 27, Oliver, 24, and Henry, 20.