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Brendan Fraser and wife of 9 years split

Publicist says couple, with three children, ‘maintains close friendship’

Image: Brendan Fraser, Afton Smith
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Actor Brendan Fraser and his wife, Afton Smith, were married in 1998.
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updated 11:27 a.m. ET Dec. 27, 2007

LOS ANGELES - Brendan Fraser and his wife, Afton, are ending their 9-year marriage.

“They continue to maintain a close and caring friendship,” the actor’s publicist, Ina Treciokas, said Wednesday in a statement.

The couple wed in 1998 and have three children.

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Fraser, 39, has starred in the “Mummy” films, “Gods and Monsters” and “George of the Jungle.”

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