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Sex And The City's Willie Garson's love life has been revealed after his death aged 57, following a secret battle with pancreatic cancer.
While his most famous role was playing Sandford in the show and films, who was gay, Willie was heterosexual and was once set up on a blind date with the show's main character Sarah Jessica Parker.
Willie was also in a long-term relationship with a woman who did not want children and so opted to adopt his son Nathen, now 20, alone in 2009.
Sad news: Sex and the City's Willie Garson's love life has been revealed after his death aged 57, following a secret battle with pancreatic cancer (pictured with Sarah Jessica Parker in 2007 who he once went on a blind date with)
In an interview with Page Six last year Willie explained how fans of the show were often surprised that he was straight and how he kept it a secret 'for years' over fears it would be 'offensive to gay people'.
He said: 'At the beginning, you would approach someone at a bar and realize, 'Oh, they want to be Stanford's best friend.'
'They don't necessarily want to sleep with you.'
Family: Willie was also in a long-term relationship with a woman who did not want children and so opted to adopt his son Nathen, now 20, alone in 2009 (pictured in 2019)
He added about his brief dalliance with Carrie Bradshaw actress Sarah: 'I've known Sarah for 15 years — we were set up once, had a very long flirtation, and then just settled into being
