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The actor's wife was pronounced dead at the couple's Pacific Palisades home on Saturday morning after the LA Fire Department responded to a medical emergency call at the residence.
Radar Online reports that EMTs were at the house for close to 30 minutes but did not transport Nancy to hospital.
A rep for Short confirmed the death, though the cause is not yet known.
They have three children, 27-year-old Katherine, 24-year-old Oliver and 20-year-old Henry.
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