Sarandon and Robbins Break Up

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Updated Apr. 25, 2017 11:25AM ET / Published Dec. 23, 2009 12:43PM ET

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In what must be one of the quietest breakups in Hollywood history, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon split over the summer, her publicist revealed to People magazine on Wednesday. The two actors, well-known for their support of left-wing causes, had been with each other—though not married—for 23 years, after meeting on the set of baseball romance Bull Durham. No reason was given for the breakup.

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