The Untold Truth Of Chris Wallace's Wife

May 2024 ยท 2 minute read

Lorraine Wallace is comfortable not just in the world of Washington, D.C., but in the world of television also. While she's Chris Wallace's second wife, he's also her second husband. Her first husband was Dick Smothers, of the famed TV comedy duo, Smothers Brothers. She was born in Virginia and continued to live there with Smothers. He told The Morning Call in 1993 he moved for her so she wouldn't have to leave her family and friends behind to join him in California. The two raised show horses, with Smothers joking, "In Virginia, it's mandatory to be in love with a horse."

Lorraine married Smothers in 1986, on a day that was beautiful, tragic, and bizarre. As the couple prepared to be married, Smothers' first wife, Linda, was fatally hit by a car, as reported by the Chicago Tribune. Linda was alive but brain dead when she got to the hospital, and was taken off life support the day her ex-husband remarried. The family waited until the following day to announce her death, so as not to interfere with the wedding. Meanwhile, Smothers was on good terms with his ex-wife, and called to check on her condition before her death. It's a pretty unusual wedding story.

Within the next few years, Lorraine and Smothers welcomed daughters Sarah and Remick. They continued to live in Virginia until their divorce in 1997.

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