Shelley Duvall may have left the Hollywood spotlight behind decades ago, but her life at home was filled with love thanks to her longtime partner, Dan Gilroy. Gilroy on July 11 at age 75 in a phone call with NBC News. Gilroy, 77, said Duvall, who retired from acting in 2002 only to pop onscreen again in 2023’s had been in hospice care for several months.
She died shortly after midnight at the couple's home in Blanco, Texas. “She’s , which I guess is a good thing, which after 34 years ..
. I can’t tell you how much I miss her,” said Gilroy. Duvall met the musician just before filming the 1990 Disney movie “Mother Goose Rock ‘n’ Rhyme.
” The couple soon began dating and remained together for the next 34 years, with Gilroy supporting Duvall during her publicized struggle with mental illness. Read on to learn more about Duvall's partner, Dan Gilroy. Gilroy and his brother, Ed Gilroy, formed the band Breakfast Club in the late 1970s.
Dan Gilroy initially sang while his brother played guitar in the band, which also included by a pre-fame Madonna on drums. The future Material Girl left the band early on to start singing in her own band before pursuing fame as a solo artist, according to Breakfast Club went on to release a self-titled album in early 1987, preceded by the Top 40 hit “Right on Track.” The same year, the band scored a hit single with “Right on Track," which peaked at No.
7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Gilroy and Madonna met at a party in New Yor.