Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver announce separation

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver announced May 9 that they are separating. The actor and former California governor and his wife have been married for 25 years.

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Sept. 16, 1983

Arnold Schwarzenegger, then known as an actor and bodybuilder, shows off his new U.S. citizenship papers while standing beside Maria Shriver. The two met in 1977, through an introduction by journalist Tom Brokaw at a charity tennis tournament, and married in 1986.

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April 26, 1986

The newlyweds pose outside St. Francis Xavier Church, in Hyannis, Mass.

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July 15, 1990

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, right, with her daughter Maria, left, and son-in-law California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who holds his daugher Katherine, at the Kennedy Family Compound in Hyannis, Mass.

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March 20, 1993

Austrian-born actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, center, his wife Maria Shriver, left, and his mother Aurelia Schwarzenegger, right are seen during a private visit to Austrian President Thomas Klestil.

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July 14, 1994

Hollywood action star Arnold Schwarzenegger is assisted by his wife, Maria Shriver, as he imprints his hands in cement in front of Mann's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles.

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June 12, 1997

Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, who plays the villain "Mr. Freeze" in the film "Batman & Robin," and his wife, Maria Shriver, mingle with Chris O'Donnell, who plays Robin in the film, in the Westwood section of Los Angeles.

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Aug. 5, 1998

Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, accompanied by his wife Maria Shriver, left, follow the coffin of his mother, Aurelia Schwarzenegger, in his home town Weiz in southern Austria.

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March 23, 2000

Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, arrive for the 70th annual Academy Awards. The former California governor and the former correspondent for NBC News announced Monday that they were separating after 25 years of marriage.

Hector Mata / AFP

March 20, 2002

Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, admire a bronze sculpted bust of President Ronald Reagan after its unveiling at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, Calif. The bust, done by artist Robert Berks, was commisioned by Schwarzenegger.

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Nov. 5, 2002

Arnold Schwarzenegger arrives with his wife, Maria Shriver, to cast his vote at a polling station in the Pacific Palisades section of Los Angeles. Schwarzenegger championed Proposition 49 to allocate as much as $550 million in existing school money to before- and after-school programs.

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Oct. 7, 2003

Schwarzenegger and Shriver celebrate his victory in the California gubernatorial recall election in Los Angeles.

Stephan Savoia / AP

Feb. 22, 2004

The couple arrive for the National Governors Association dinner hosted by President George W. Bush and the first lady at the White House.

Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP

June 7 , 2004

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife pay their last respects to former president Ronald Reagan, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.

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Aug. 31, 2004

Schwarzenegger prepares to speak on the second day of the Republican National Convention in New York.

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2005

The January 2005 cover of Vanity Fair featuring California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and first lady Maria Shriver.

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Oct. 30, 2006

Former first lady Nancy Reagan, center, poses with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, and California first lady Maria Shriver before a retrospective honoring the 40th anniversary of former president Ronald Reagan's California gubernatorial election at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.

Matt Sayles / AP

Nov. 2006

Schwarzenegger and Shriver talk to reporters at Santa Monica Municipal Airport in Santa Monica, Calif.

Damian Dovarganes / AP

Jan. 5, 2007

Schwarzenegger kisses his wife after taking his oath of office in Sacramento.

Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP

Oct. 2, 2007

Schwarzenegger and Shriver walk with U.S. team during the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Shanghai.

Eugene Hoshiko / AP

Feb. 22, 2009

The California governor and his wife arrive for the National Governors Association dinner hosted by President Obama at the White House in Washington.

Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

Oct. 23, 2010

Schwarzenegger delivers a speech as Shriver listens in at the Modern House Call for Women at California State Long Beach. Modern House Call provides physical and mental care for uninsured or underinsured women and was one of a series of events before the Women's Conference 2010 in Long Beach, Calif.

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Jan. 22, 2011

Members of the Shriver family sit near the coffin of R. Sargent Shriver during his funeral Mass in Potomac.

Cliff Owen / AP

May 10, 2011

A week after he and Shriver announced they were separating, Schwarzenegger revealed that he'd fathered a child with a member of their household staff years ago. "After leaving the governor's office I told my wife about this event, which occurred over a decade ago," he told the Los Angeles Times. "I have apologized to Maria, my children and my family. I am truly sorry."

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