2021 Emmy Awards, Jean Smart reflected on what it meant to win after «such a difficult last six months.» Smart, 70, took home Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance on and, as she acknowledged onstage during her acceptance speech, the celebration comes in the wake of the death of her late husband, Richard Gilliland.«He'd be very happy for me,» Smart told ET's Lauren Zima on the Emmys' Winners Walk.
The couple, who met as co-stars on, married in 1987. Gilliland died in March at age 71.With the Emmys marking her first awards show since his death, she brought along a special date: Her son, Forrest, whom she and Gilliland adopted in 2009. «I was thrilled to share it with my youngest, and he's ecstatic!» Smart told ET..
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