Personal Life
On May 22, 1972, Dutch-born Mieke Tunney, 35, sued for dissolution of her 13-year marriage to California's Democratic Senator John V. Tunney, on the basis of irreconcilable differences. In addition to alimony, child support and half the community property, she requested custody of their three children. Tunney, claiming surprise, hurried back from California to see Mieke in Washington. Washington, equally surprised, prepared to get along without one of its most glamorous couples. They were married on February 5, 1959. On the 23rd of April, 1977, John V. Tunney married Kathinka Osborne, a 1964 member of the Swedish Olympic ski team.
Son Mark Tunney works in the financial industry.
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