Elmore Leonard's Divorce Finalized

8:00 AM PST 11/16/2012 by Merle Ginsberg & Gary Baum

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Proceedings for the 87-year-old writer whose Hollywood-friendlyworks have spawned "3:10 to Yuma" and "Justified" have been held up for a year.

This story first appeared in the Nov. 23 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.

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On Nov. 14, Elmore Leonard will receive the National Book Foundation's Distinguished Contribution to American Letters medal in New York.

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But the author, 87, has another milestone on his mind: finally signing the papers on his most recent divorce, from third wife Christine Leonard, which has been tied up in court for more than a year.

"It's probably the best thing that's happened to me," he tells THR. "I got married too quickly after my second wife died. It'll be over by the end of this month."

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He goes on to underline the obvious, for someone whose work has been developed into Out of Sight, 3:10 to Yuma, FX's Justified and other lucrative properties: "It's going to cost money."