Chevy Chase has been married before — first to Suzanne Hewitt, whom he married in 1973 and divorced in 1976. The two met at a rock concert where Chase and his band Chameleon Church were performing; he was 25 at the time, while Hewitt was only 19. According to his biography “I’m Chevy Chase… and You’re Not,” Hewitt became pregnant with Chase’s child, but she agreed to terminate her pregnancy on the one condition that Chevy marry her. The pair eventually parted ways after Hewitt allegedly ran off with another man. “She had an affair and simply left,” Chase told author Rena Fruchter. “That was the end of that.”
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The same year he divorced Hewitt, Chase moved to California where he then met his second wife Jacqueline Carlin, an actor known for her roles in “Thank God It’s Friday” and “Bronk”, per IMDb. In his biography, Chase said that his relationship with Carlin played a major role in his decision to leave “Saturday Night Live.” The two married in December 1976 and divorced four years later, with Carlin reportedly receiving $400,000 as part of their divorce settlement, according to UPI. Looking back on their separation, Chase told People, “A separation is so painful. I really didn’t have a carefree bachelor life. Mostly, I moped.” Carlin passed away in July 2021 after a year-long battle with cancer, per Legacy. She was 78.
