Filmmaker Michael Moore to divorce

Twenty-one years of marriage can evaporate in a snap, which is the case for filmmaker Michael Moore as he has filed for divorce after 21 years of marriage to Kathleen Glynn, his collaborator on the Oscar-winning "Bowling for Columbine" and other projects.

Moore filed a divorce complaint June 17 in Michigan's Antrim County, where the couple has a lakefront home. The complaint reveals that their relationship has broken down and "there remains no reasonable likelihood that the marriage can be preserved."

Clerk of Court Sheryl Guy said Monday that Glynn has not filed a response.

A final hearing is scheduled for Sept. 10.

Moore and Glynn married in Flint in 1991. Among Glynn's credits is her listing as producer or executive producer for many of Moore's eye-opening, and sometimes controversy-spwaning documentary films, including "Fahrenheit 9/11," ''Sicko" and "Capitalism: A Love Story."

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Source:  NBC 29, "Michael Moore files for divorce after 21 years" No author given, Jul. 22, 2013