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===Marriages and children=== [[File:Olivia de Havilland with son Benjamin c. 1952.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|alt=Smiling while holding her son in her arms|With her son, Benjamin, {{circa|1952}}]] On August 26, 1946, she married [[Marcus Goodrich]], a U.S. Navy veteran, journalist, and author of the novel ''Delilah'' (1941).{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=38}} De Hallivand filed for divorce in 1953, writing in her suit that Goodrich had "pursued a course of cruel treatment" and had "wrongfully inflicted upon her grievous physical and mental suffering, all without provocation or any excuse whatsoever."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Paula |date=2020-08-29 |title=Late "Gone with the Wind" star's husband, family had deep roots in San Antonio |url=https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Late-Gone-with-the-Wind-star-s-husband-15524513.php |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=San Antonio Express-News}}</ref>{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=41}} They had one child, Benjamin Goodrich, who was born on September 27, 1949.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=40}} Benjamin was diagnosed with [[Hodgkin's lymphoma]] at the age of 19<ref name="tcm-bio"/> and graduated from the University of Texas. He worked as a statistical analyst for [[Lockheed Missiles and Space Company]] in [[Sunnyvale, California]], and as an international banking representative for the [[Texas Commerce Bank]] in Houston.<ref name="tcm-bio"/> He died on September 29, 1991, in Paris at the age of 42 of heart disease brought on by treatments for Hodgkin's disease, three weeks before the death of his father.<ref name="nytimes-honan"/><ref name="reel-bio"/> On April 2, 1955, de{{nbsp}}Havilland married Pierre Galante, an executive editor for the magazine ''[[Paris Match]]''.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=41–42}} Her marriage to Galante prompted her relocation to Paris. The couple separated in 1962 for undisclosed reasons but continued to live in the same house for another six years to raise their daughter together.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=42}}<ref name="philly-rickey"/><ref name="people-vespa"/> Galante moved across the street and the two remained close, even after the divorce was finalized in 1979.<ref name="philly-rickey"/> She looked after him during his final bout with lung cancer prior to his death in 1998. They had one child, Gisèle Galante, who was born on July 18, 1956.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=42}} After studying law at the [[Paris Nanterre University]] School of Law, she worked as a journalist in France and the United States.<ref name="tcm-bio"/> From 1956, de{{nbsp}}Havilland lived in a three-storey house near the Bois de Boulogne in Paris.<ref name="latimes-tartaglione"/>
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