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Ed Snider quietly files for divorce from third wife

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Ed Snider quietly files for divorce from third wife

POSTED: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 7:23 AM

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Comcast-Spectacor Chairman Ed Snider has quietly filed for divorce from his third wife, Christine Decroix Snider.

"While he is a public figure, he leads a private life and doesn't want to discuss it," Ike Richman, spokesman for Comcast-Spectacor, owner of the Sixers, Flyers, Wachovia Center and Spectrum, said of Snider. "I can tell you that he is unhappy about it, and he will not discuss it publicly," Richman said.

The couple met in June 2004 and married in November 2004 at Snider's Montecito, Calif., estate, which is next door to Oprah Winfrey's place. Belgium-born Decroix, 52, is a jewelry designer. She and Snider, 76, yachted through the Caribbean on their honeymoon and have since split their time between their California and Gladwyne homes.

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:57 AM, 06/10/2009

Word on the street is, Christine wanted some rule changes in the sack to increase game speed and overall scoring, but Ed wasn't having it this time around.

— LarryMendtesKeylogger

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:01 AM, 06/10/2009

flyers and sixers fan get ready to pay more money to cover his divorce costs.

— give me liberty or death

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:13 PM, 06/10/2009

I cant wait for this cougar to go back on the market. King: HANGOVER was hilarious. I considered myself a lone wolf until I came here.

— Jack Daniels on the rocks

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:06 AM, 06/11/2009

Unnecessary roughness is no longer a major penalty..

— mick314

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:33 PM, 06/15/2009

I am Garrett Snider, Ed is my grandfather. I think you need to keep your harsh comments within your minds and off of the internet. Anybody in his family can see your comments, and if you all care so much about my Grandad's life, you will be considerate enough to keep off of his back, so that he has 15 people less to explain himself to.

— snider1