Michael douglas biography catherine zeta jones divorced
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The 13-year marriage of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones has officially come to a halt. Their split was announced in August 2013 and has been primarily attributed to the couple's respective health problems.
Douglas was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2010, from which he is now in remission.
Michael douglas biography catherine zeta jones divorced
He entered news headlines in 2013 when he made public that the cause of his throat cancer was oral sex. Not only was the battle against cancer a strain on their marriage, but the implication that Douglas contracted throat cancer from an HPV virus carried by Zeta-Jones may have also factored into the separation.
This is despite statements by Douglas' publicist and friends that the virus was not contracted from his current wife.
To add to the 43-year-old movie star's problems, Zeta-Jones was diagnosed with bipolar II disorder in 2011 for which she sought treatment for at the time of her diagnosis and again in April 2013.
Given Zeta-Jones' mental condi