Actor John Schneider on Thursday announced the death of his wife Alicia Allain, who died at the age of 53. Schneider, in a Facebook post, said that his wife died at their home surrounded by family.

“My beautiful Smile is pain free, living in her new body alongside Jesus. Please respect our privacy during this time of grief. Please do not ask any questions. If you have any pictures of us and our obvious love and adoration for each other, please post them below. Lastly… hug those you love tight and let them know how you feel. We always did,” the 62-year-old actor wrote in a Facebook post.

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Allain was Schneider’s third wife. The two tied the knot in Holden, Louisiana, on September 25, 2019.

The Dukes of Hazzard actor was previously married to Tawny Little from 1983 to 1986. He then tied the knot with Elvira “Elly” Schneider in 1993. They filed for divorce in 2019.

Schneider and Elly have one child together – a daughter named Karis Schneider. They also share Chasen, Karis and Leah, who are Elly’s children from her previous relationship.

“My wife and I have four kids – Mandy, Leah, Chasen and Karis – and I’m father to all of them, but I’m Karis’s biological father. So when I married Elly, she had three children, and we immediately became a family because I wanted to be a dad … wanted, wanted, wanted to be a dad,” he said in an interview with Fathers.com.

“Everybody likes to say that kids are so different today, but really I don’t think they are. There are more temptations and more cell phones and all that kind of stuff that has changed the dynamic a bit, but I think inside we’re all people who want be respected and want to be admired and want to matter. And if we can let our kids know that they matter, I think we’re way ahead of the game. And I think that worked a hundred years ago, and fifty years ago, and it’ll work tomorrow,” he added.

Chasen was born in Los Angeles in 1991. He attended The Columbia Gorge School of Theater in Washington state and went on to play the role of Joe Hampton on The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
Karis, on the other hand, was born in 1996. She appeared in the 2006 movie Collier & Co.