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Murray 'Devastated' by Divorce

Actor was 'just dead, just broken' since May

By Elizabeth Wolff,  Newser User

Posted Oct 8, 2008 12:01 PM CDT
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(Newser) – His divorce from his wife of 11 years and her accusations of abuse and addiction “were devastating…the worst thing that ever happened to me in my entire life," says Bill Murray.
"I was just dead, just broken," a teary Murray told the AP of the months following the June settlement, which gave custody of the couple’s four kids to their mother.

"When you're really in love with someone and this happens,” he continued. “It's like your faith in people is destroyed because the person you trusted the most you can no longer trust at all. The person you know isn't there anymore." But it has given the actor, who had dabbled with the idea of retirement, a new sense of purpose. "I've just come out of a sort of doldrums and I feel like I want to go. I want to work."

Bill Murray attends an after party for his new film City of Ember, held at Longhorn Caverns in Burnet, Texas on Friday, Sept. 25, 2008.
Bill Murray attends an after party for his new film "City of Ember," held at Longhorn Caverns in Burnet, Texas on Friday, Sept. 25, 2008.   (AP Photo/Fox Walden, Jack Plunkett)
Actor Bill Murray is photographed at the Waldorf Astoria, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, in New York, while in town to promote his new film City of Ember.
Actor Bill Murray is photographed at the Waldorf Astoria, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, in New York, while in town to promote his new film "City of Ember."   (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
Actor Bill Murray is photographed at the Waldorf Astoria, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, in New York, while in town to promote his new film City of Ember.
Actor Bill Murray is photographed at the Waldorf Astoria, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, in New York, while in town to promote his new film "City of Ember."   (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
Actor Bill Murray attends a special screening of 'City of Ember' on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008 in New York.
Actor Bill Murray attends a special screening of 'City of Ember' on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008 in New York.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Bill Murray arrives at Esquire's 75th anniversary celebration in partnership with Ford Flex, a new crossover vehicle, in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008.
Bill Murray arrives at Esquire's 75th anniversary celebration in partnership with Ford Flex, a new crossover vehicle, in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008.   (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
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