Attorney: Morgan Freeman, wife have finalized their divorce in Mississippi

Attorney: Morgan Freeman, wife finalize divorce

JACKSON, Miss. — Actor Morgan Freeman and his wife have finalized their divorce in Mississippi.

William R. Wright, a Jackson attorney who represented Freeman, tells The Association Press that a Tallahatchie County judge entered the divorce decree on Sept. 15. Wright says terms of the divorce are sealed.

Freeman and his now ex-wife, Myrna Colley-Lee, had separated in December 2007 after 26 years of marriage. The divorce was filed under seal in July 2008.

Colley-Lee is a theater and film costume designer.

The couple were married on June 16, 1984.