Speaking on the Still Here Hollywood podcast,

Patrick Duffy revisited November 18, 1986, when his parents, Terence and Marie, were murdered in their

Boulder, Montana, tavern. Duffy said his father had removed two disruptive teenagers who later returned with shotguns.

Recounting court testimony, he described Terence approaching them and beginning, “I told you to…” before being shot. Marie, who had been doing a crossword, ran toward her husband and was also killed. Both attackers were subsequently convicted of deliberate homicide.

Sean A. Wentz was sentenced to 180 years behind bars (Image: Montana Department of Corrections).
Duffy was 37 when he lost them. Away from his television success, his parents had celebrated their son with photographs displayed in the bar and faithfully watched Dallas. In discussing his grief, he credited the Buddhist practice he had followed for 15 years before their deaths. Its understanding of life’s continuing cycle helped him process the loss. Nearly four decades later, his emotional recollection showed how deeply their absence still matters.