1. Sharon Kristin Nelson was a painter, actress, and author.
19 Facts About Kristin Nelson
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Kristin Nelson was the daughter of American football star Tom Harmon and model and actress Elyse Knox.
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Kristin Nelson attended Marymount High School, an all-girls Catholic school in Bel Air, along with other children of celebrities including Mia Farrow, who was one of her closest school friends.
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In 1963, at age 17, she married teen idol Ricky Kristin Nelson and gave birth to their first child six months later.
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Kristin Nelson played police officer Jim Reed's wife Jean on Adam-12, guest-starred on other series and appeared in a few theatrical films, including The Resurrection of Broncho Billy, which won an Academy Award for best live-action short film.
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Kristin Nelson retired from acting in 1982 following Liar's Moon.
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Kristin Nelson had painted since the age of 17, and had her first one-woman art show in 1967.
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Kristin Nelson's paintings are conceived without perspective and are brightly colored with many figures included.
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Kristin Nelson was pregnant, and Rick later described the union as a "shotgun wedding".
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When Rick returned from a tour in 1977, he discovered Kristin Nelson had moved him out of their home and into a rented house.
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In October 1977, Kristin Nelson filed for divorce and asked for alimony, custody of their four children and a portion of community property, but the couple temporarily reconciled.
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Kristin Nelson wanted Rick to give up music, spend more time at home, and focus on acting, but Rick continued touring relentlessly.
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In February 1981, Kristin Nelson was temporarily granted custody of the children and $3,600 monthly spousal support.
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Kristin Nelson claimed Rick was hiding assets, but in fact he was reportedly almost broke.
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Kristin Nelson weighed four pounds, one ounce, and was slightly premature.
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Twin sons, Gunnar Eric Kristin Nelson and Matthew Gray Kristin Nelson, were born on September 20,1967.
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In 1987, two years after Rick Nelson's death, Kristin Nelson was undergoing drug rehabilitation when her brother Mark Harmon and his wife Pam Dawber petitioned for custody of Kristin's youngest son Sam, on the grounds that Kristin was incapable of good parenting.
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Kristin Nelson married TV producer and director Mark Tinker in 1988; they divorced in 2000.
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Kristin Nelson died of a heart attack at her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on April 27,2018.