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{{Short description|American attorney and businessman (1944–2003)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Robert Kardashian
| image              = Robert Kardashian Sr.jpg
| alt                = Robert Kardashian smiles at the camera, dressed in a suit
| caption            =
| birth_name         = Robert George Kardashian
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1944|02|22}}
| birth_place        = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2003|9|30|1944|2|22}}
| death_place        = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| resting_place      = [[Inglewood Park Cemetery]], California
| alma_mater         = {{plainlist|
* [[University of Southern California]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])
* [[University of San Diego School of Law|University of San Diego]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
}}
| occupation         = {{hlist|Attorney|businessman}}
| family             = [[Kardashian family|Kardashian]]
| known_for          = [[O. J. Simpson murder case]]
| spouse             = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|[[Kris Jenner|Kris Houghton]]|1978|1991|reason=divorced}}<!-- NOT KRIS JENNER, HER MAIDEN NAME IS HOUGHTON -->|{{marriage|Jan Ashley|1998|1999|end=annulled}}|{{marriage|Ellen Pierson|2003}}}}
| children           = {{flatlist|
* [[Kourtney Kardashian|Kourtney]]
* [[Kim Kardashian|Kim]]
* [[Khloé Kardashian|Khloé]]
* [[Rob Kardashian|Rob]]
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'''Robert George Kardashian''' (February 22, 1944 – September 30, 2003) was an American attorney and businessman. He gained national recognition as [[O. J. Simpson]]'s friend and defense attorney during Simpson's [[People of the State of California vs. Orenthal James Simpson|1995 murder trial]].

==Early life and education==
Kardashian was born in [[Los Angeles]], California, on February 22, 1944, one of three children born to Arthur Kardashian (1917–2012) and Helen Jean Arakelian Kardashian (1917–2008), both [[Armenian Americans]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Robert George Kardashian|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VLGL|access-date=October 26, 2020|website=FamilySearch}}</ref> He had a sister, Barbara Kardashian Freeman, and a brother, Thomas "Tom" Kardashian.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mydesert/access/1710230631.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+28%2C+2008&author=&pub=The+Desert+Sun&desc=Obituaries&pqatl=google | work=The Desert Sun | title=Obituaries | date=May 28, 2008 | access-date=July 7, 2017 | archive-date=July 25, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725051321/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mydesert/access/1710230631.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+28%2C+2008&author=&pub=The+Desert+Sun&desc=Obituaries&pqatl=google | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://kimkardashian.com/?s=Helen%20Kardashian |title=Helen Kardashian - Kim Kardashian: Official website |publisher=Kimkardashian.com |access-date=May 14, 2015 |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518081613/http://kimkardashian.com/?s=Helen%20Kardashian |url-status=live}}</ref> The Kardashians were Armenian [[Spiritual Christians]] originally from [[Kars Oblast]], and known by the surname Kardaschoff, a [[Russianized]] form of the [[Armenian name#Surnames|Armenian surname]] Kardashian, as the area, though now part of modern-day [[Turkey]], was then part of the [[Russian Empire]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Conovaloff|first1=Andrei|title=Taxonomy of 3 Spiritual Christian groups: Molokane, Pryguny and Dukh-i-zhizniki — books, fellowship, holidays, prophets and songs.|url=http://www.molokane.org/taxonomy|website=Spiritual Christian Around the World|access-date=December 27, 2016|archive-date=January 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116013315/http://www.molokane.org/taxonomy/|url-status=live}}</ref> Once in the United States, Arthur's father, Tatos, changed his name to Thomas, and began a career in garbage collection, founding his own business, and married Hamas Shakarian, also an immigrant of Armenian heritage.<ref>{{Cite web |author=John Collins |url= https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=92702 |title=The "Full Gospel" Origins of Peoples Temple |work=jonestown.sdsu.edu |access-date=July 10, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|author=Ian Halperin |title=Kardashian Dynasty: The Controversial Rise of America's Royal Family |work=Gallery Books |year=2016 |isbn=9781501128882 |pages=3 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3_0CwAAQBAJ&dq=%22tatos+kardashian%22+garbage+collection+Kardashian+Dynasty:+The+Controversial+Rise+of+America%27s+Royal+Family&pg=PA3 |access-date=July 10, 2024}}</ref>

He grew up in the affluent [[View Park–Windsor Hills, California|View Park]] area of Los Angeles County, where the family lived at 4908 Valley Ridge Avenue.<ref name='LASAD-Kardashian'>{{cite web |url=https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=026bc4f2-52f9-4cbf-b1e4-12291b1cd6d0%2fLPU00000%2fLL000001%2f00000001 |url-access=registration |title=Los Angeles Street Address Directory "Arthur Kardashian" and "Barbara Kardashian" |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=May 1956 |page=753 |website=Los Angeles Public Library |access-date=August 28, 2020 |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307014756/https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=026bc4f2-52f9-4cbf-b1e4-12291b1cd6d0%2fLPU00000%2fLL000001%2f00000001 |url-status=live }}</ref> Kardashian attended [[Susan Miller Dorsey High School]] and the [[University of Southern California]], from which he graduated in 1966 with a B.S. degree in business administration.<ref name="bond">Beth Shuster, [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-06-mn-12500-story.html "Kardashian-Simpson Bond Stands Test of Time, Trouble"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', July 6, 1994.</ref>  He earned a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree from the [[University of San Diego School of Law]] and practiced for about a decade; after that, he went into business.  In 1973, Kardashian was one of the co-founders of the trade publication ''[[Radio & Records]]'', which he and his partners sold for a large profit in 1979.<ref name="bond"/> Kardashian also pioneered the idea of playing music between movies in theaters. He subsequently parlayed the concept into a business, starting a company called Movie Tunes.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wetpaint.com/who-was-robert-kardashian-sr-698031/ | title=Who Was Robert Kardashian, Sr.? | publisher=Wetpaint | access-date=February 22, 2016 | archive-date=February 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201050203/http://wetpaint.com/who-was-robert-kardashian-sr-698031/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/02/03/who-was-robert-kardashian-aside-from-kims-dad/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/02/03/who-was-robert-kardashian-aside-from-kims-dad/ |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=The People v OJ Simpson: Who was Robert Kardashian? (Aside from Kim's dad) | newspaper=The Telegraph |date=February 3, 2016 | access-date=February 22, 2016|last1=Vincent |first1=Alice }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/03/us/robert-kardashian-a-lawyer-for-o-j-simpson-dies-at-59.html | title=Robert Kardashian, a Lawyer For O. J. Simpson, Dies at 59 | work=The New York Times | date=October 3, 2003 | access-date=February 22, 2016 | archive-date=January 4, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104180053/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/03/us/robert-kardashian-a-lawyer-for-o-j-simpson-dies-at-59.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.boomsbeat.com/articles/156/20140129/50-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-kim-kardashian.htm | title=50 Things You Probably Didn't Know about Kim Kardashian | publisher=Boomsbeat | access-date=February 22, 2016 | archive-date=October 12, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012020826/https://www.boomsbeat.com/articles/156/20140129/50-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-kim-kardashian.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> He served as president and CEO of the firm and later invested in Juice Inc., a frozen yogurt company, and in a music video business called Concert Cinema.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.looper.com/9695/kardashians-bizarre-involvements-o-j-trial/ | title=The Kardashians' bizarre involvements with O.J.'s trial | date=February 8, 2016 | publisher=Looper | access-date=February 22, 2016 | archive-date=September 25, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925020952/https://www.looper.com/9695/kardashians-bizarre-involvements-o-j-trial/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Robert-Kardashian-friend-and-lawyer-of-O-J-2584542.php | title=Robert Kardashian – friend and lawyer of O.J. Simpson | work=Los Angeles Times | date=October 2, 2003 | access-date=February 22, 2016 | author=Eric Malnic | archive-date=December 4, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204173305/https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Robert-Kardashian-friend-and-lawyer-of-O-J-2584542.php | url-status=live }}</ref>

== O. J. Simpson case ==
{{main|O. J. Simpson murder case}}

Kardashian and Simpson first met around [[1967 USC Trojans football team|1967]] while both of them were at USC and became close friends.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chang|first=Rachel|title=A History of O.J. Simpson's Relationship with the Kardashian Family|url=https://www.biography.com/news/oj-simpson-kardashians-relationship|access-date=July 20, 2020|website=Biography|date=June 16, 2020|language=en-us|archive-date=January 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117003447/https://www.biography.com/news/oj-simpson-kardashians-relationship|url-status=live}}</ref> Simpson was the [[best man]] at Kardashian and [[Kris Houghton]]'s wedding in 1978.

Following the June 12, 1994, murder of [[Nicole Brown Simpson]] and [[Ronald Goldman]], Simpson stayed in Kardashian's house to avoid the media. Kardashian was the man seen carrying Simpson's garment bag the day that Simpson flew back from Chicago. Prosecutors speculated that the bag may have contained Simpson's bloody clothes or the murder weapon.<ref name="garmentbag">{{cite news|url=http://articles.cnn.com/2007-12-11/us/court.archive.simpson4_1_brian-kato-kaelin-rachel-ferrara-district-attorney-marcia-clark/2?_s=PM:US |title=O.J. Simpson trial: Testimony about Simpson's trip to Chicago |date=October 11, 2007 |publisher=CNN |access-date=October 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305023838/http://articles.cnn.com/2007-12-11/us/court.archive.simpson4_1_brian-kato-kaelin-rachel-ferrara-district-attorney-marcia-clark/2?_s=PM%3AUS |archive-date=March 5, 2012 }}</ref> When Simpson failed to turn himself in at 11 a.m. on June 17, 1994, Kardashian read a letter by Simpson to the assembled media. This letter was interpreted by many as a [[suicide note]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Lowry |first=Brian |title=From the couch: O.J.'s legacy continues |url=http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/OJ-Simspons-wild-ride-continues-says-Brian-Lowry |work=Fox Sports |access-date=November 22, 2010 |date=June 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715211708/http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/OJ-Simspons-wild-ride-continues-says-Brian-Lowry |archive-date=July 15, 2010 }}</ref>

Simpson was charged with the murders and subsequently acquitted of all criminal charges in a [[O. J. Simpson murder case|controversial criminal trial]]. Kardashian had let his [[Admission to the bar in the United States|license to practice law]] become inactive before the Simpson case but reactivated it to aid in Simpson's defense as a volunteer assistant on his legal team, alongside Simpson's main defense attorneys, [[Robert Shapiro (lawyer)|Robert Shapiro]] and [[Johnnie Cochran]].  As one of Simpson's lawyers and a member of the defense "[[Dream Team (law)|Dream Team]]", Kardashian could not be compelled or subpoenaed to testify against Simpson in the case, which included Simpson's past history and behavior with his ex-wife Nicole, and as to the contents of Simpson's garment bag.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|title=Robert Kardashian, a Lawyer For O. J. Simpson, Dies at 59|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/03/us/robert-kardashian-a-lawyer-for-o-j-simpson-dies-at-59.html?scp=1&sq=robert%20kardashian%20died&st=cse|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 22, 2010|date=October 3, 2003|archive-date=April 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407233555/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/03/us/robert-kardashian-a-lawyer-for-o-j-simpson-dies-at-59.html?scp=1&sq=robert%20kardashian%20died&st=cse|url-status=live}}</ref> He sat by Simpson throughout the trial.<ref name="guardian">{{cite news|last=Reed|first=Christopher|title=Obituary: Robert Kardashian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/oct/06/guardianobituaries.usa|work=The Guardian|access-date=November 22, 2010|date=October 6, 2003|location=London|archive-date=July 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710112053/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/oct/06/guardianobituaries.usa|url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that Kardashian said in a 1996 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] interview with [[Barbara Walters]] that he had begun to question Simpson's innocence: "I have doubts. The blood evidence is the biggest thorn in my side; that causes me the greatest problems. So I struggle with the blood evidence."<ref name="nyt"/> After Simpson's acquittal, Kardashian and Simpson ultimately stopped speaking to each other.

==Illness and death==
Kardashian was diagnosed with [[esophageal cancer]] in July 2003. He died two months later, on September 30, 2003, at his home in [[Encino, Los Angeles]], at age 59,<ref>{{cite news|title=O.J. Simpson lawyer, Kardashian, dies|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/10/01/OJattorney.dead/|work=CNN|access-date=November 22, 2010|date=October 1, 2003|archive-date=August 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815104054/http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/10/01/OJattorney.dead/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Malnic|first=Eric|date=October 2, 2003|title=Robert Kardashian, 59; Served on O.J. Simpson's Defense Team|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-oct-02-me-kardashian2-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711044858/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-oct-02-me-kardashian2-story.html|archive-date=July 11, 2020|access-date=October 3, 2021|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> and was buried at [[Inglewood Park Cemetery]] in [[Inglewood, California]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Gnerre |first=Sam |url=http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/2014/07/26/the-inglewood-park-cemetery-predates-the-citys-incorporation/ |title=The Inglewood Park Cemetery predates the city's incorporation |work=[[Daily Breeze]] |date=July 26, 2014 |access-date=April 18, 2016 |archive-date=April 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401083850/http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/2014/07/26/the-inglewood-park-cemetery-predates-the-citys-incorporation/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==In popular culture==
Kardashian was portrayed by [[David Schwimmer]] in the 2016 [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] miniseries ''[[American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Stack |first=Tim |date=January 25, 2016 |title=American Crime Story: David Schwimmer on Kris Jenner and the Kardashians |url=https://ew.com/article/2016/01/25/american-crime-story-david-schwimmer-kris-jenner-kardashian/ |access-date=October 11, 2024 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> Schwimmer was nominated for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie]] for his performance, but lost to [[Sterling K. Brown]], who portrayed [[Christopher Darden]] in the same series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie - 2016 |url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2016/outstanding-supporting-actor-in-a-miniseries-or-a-movie |access-date=October 11, 2024 |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]}}</ref> In 2016, [[ESPN Films]] and their ''[[30 for 30]]'' series produced a five-part [[miniseries]] called ''[[O.J.: Made in America]]'', produced by [[Ezra Edelman]], in which Kardashian was featured heavily through archive footage.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Friedlander |first=Whitney |date=January 5, 2016 |title='OJ: Made in America' Director on the Making of a Murderer |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/oj-made-in-america-30-for-30-american-crime-story-1201672883/ |access-date=October 11, 2024 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

In 2017, Kardashian was the subject of the pilot episode of the TV comedy series ''Over My Dead Body'' on [[Amazon Prime]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Over My Dead Body|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B078WYJHJ9/ref=atv_un_2cr_c_OcGi58_brws_2_1|access-date=July 20, 2020|website=amazon.com|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308152645/https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B078WYJHJ9/ref=atv_un_2cr_c_OcGi58_brws_2_1|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Kardashian dated [[Priscilla Presley]] from 1975 to 1976.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/the-kardashians-have-two-connections-to-elvis-presley|title=The Kardashians have two connections to Elvis Presley|work=Fox News|date=April 3, 2016|access-date=June 3, 2024|archive-date=August 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801010755/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/the-kardashians-have-two-connections-to-elvis-presley|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insideedition.com/25589-robert-kardashian-was-in-love-with-priscilla-presley-before-elvis-split-them-up-book-claims|title=Robert Kardashian Was in Love With Priscilla Presley Before Elvis Split Them Up, Book Claims|work=Inside Edition|date=September 19, 2017|access-date=June 3, 2024|archive-date=September 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921122529/https://www.insideedition.com/25589-robert-kardashian-was-in-love-with-priscilla-presley-before-elvis-split-them-up-book-claims|url-status=live}}</ref> The pair met through Kardashian's older brother, Tom Kardashian, who was dating Joan Esposito, the former wife of [[Joe Esposito (author)|Joe Esposito]], road manager for [[Elvis Presley|Elvis]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Child Bride: The Untold Story of Priscilla Beaulieu Presley|page=321|publisher=[[Crown Publishing Group]]|first=Suzanne|last=Finstad|date=January 25, 1997 |isbn=9780517705858}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Eliza |title=Priscilla Presley's Dating History: From Elvis Presley to Robert Kardashian and Nigel Lythgoe |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/priscilla-presleys-dating-history-elvis-presley-more/ |website=usmagazine.com |date=January 16, 2023 |access-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531111737/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/priscilla-presleys-dating-history-elvis-presley-more/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On an episode of ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians'', his daughter [[Kim Kardashian|Kim]] stated that the two were briefly engaged.

Kardashian married former flight attendant [[Kris Jenner|Kris Kardashian]] (''née'' Houghton, later Jenner) on July 8, 1978.<ref>Stated on ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'', November 8, 2011</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kris Jenner and Robert Kardashian on June 27, 1984 and Robert Kardashian, Jr. on March 17, 1987. |url=http://www.thedashclothingstore.com/kris_jenner.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926062311/http://www.thedashclothingstore.com/kris_jenner.html |archive-date=September 26, 2011}}</ref> They had four children: daughters [[Kourtney Kardashian|Kourtney]] (born 1979), [[Kim Kardashian|Kim]] (born 1980), [[Khloé Kardashian|Khloé]] (born 1984), and son [[Rob Kardashian|Rob]] (born 1987). Kardashian filed for divorce in 1990 due to his wife's infidelity.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kris |first=Kris |url=http://archive.org/details/isbn_9781849837507 |title=Kris Jenner... and All Things Kardashian |date=2011 |publisher=Simon Schuster Ltd |others= |isbn=978-1-84983-750-7 |pages=80-84}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wickman |first=Kase |date=October 26, 2023 |title=Kris Jenner Reveals Her "Life's Biggest Regret" (and Its Happy Consequences) |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/10/kris-jenner-reveals-her-lifes-biggest-regret-and-its-happy-consequences |access-date=July 21, 2025 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref> Their divorce was finalized in March 1991, but they remained friends until his death.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/03/us/robert-kardashian-a-lawyer-for-o-j-simpson-dies-at-59.html "Robert Kardashian, a Lawyer For O. J. Simpson, Dies at 59"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104180053/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/03/us/robert-kardashian-a-lawyer-for-o-j-simpson-dies-at-59.html|date=January 4, 2021}}, ''The New York Times'', October 2, 2003.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Photo of Robert Kardashian with his children |url=http://www.whatsgoodonline.co.uk/rare-photos-of-kim-kardashian-west-before-she-was-famous |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713171535/http://www.whatsgoodonline.co.uk/rare-photos-of-kim-kardashian-west-before-she-was-famous |archive-date=July 13, 2018 |access-date=April 4, 2016 |work=What's Good? Online}}</ref>

Shortly after separating from his first wife in 1991, Kardashian became engaged to Denice Shakarian Halicki, his third cousin and the widow of movie producer [[H.B. Halicki]].<ref>[[Dominick Dunne]], [http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1996/06/dunne199606 "Three Faces of Evil"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114205233/http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1996/06/dunne199606 |date=January 14, 2013 }} ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', June 1996.</ref><ref>Mike Fleeman, [https://books.google.com/books?id=610EAAAAMBAJ&dq=Denice+Halicki+Kardashian&pg=PA60 "Stand By Your Man"], ''[[Los Angeles (magazine)|Los Angeles]]'', October 1996.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=July 26, 2017|title=Robert Kardashian Engaged To Third Cousin Denice Halicki|url=https://radaronline.com/videos/robert-kardashian-engaged-denice-halicki-third-cousin-incest/|access-date=October 15, 2020|website=RadarOnline|language=en-US|archive-date=December 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204173311/https://radaronline.com/videos/robert-kardashian-engaged-denice-halicki-third-cousin-incest/|url-status=live}}</ref>  The couple never married.

In 1998, Kardashian married Jan Ashley; however, the marriage ended in annulment in 1999.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/court-documents-prove-khloe-is-a-kardashian_n_1202365 | work=The Huffington Post | title=Court Documents Prove Khloe Is A Kardashian, Kris Jenner Calls Allegations 'Crap' (VIDEO) | date=January 12, 2012 | access-date=October 9, 2023 | archive-date=September 25, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925145655/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/court-documents-prove-khloe-is-a-kardashian_n_1202365 | url-status=live }}</ref> Ashley later claimed frequent upset and turmoil related to Kardashian's ex-wife, Kris, and their children "were instrumental" in the demise of the relationship.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=610EAAAAMBAJ&q=Denice+Halicki+Kardashian&pg=PA62 | work=Los Angeles Magazine | title=Stand By Your Man | date=Oct 1996 | access-date=April 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.ibtimes.co.in/bruce-jenner-might-have-called-it-quits-kris-jenner-because-her-children-report-610889 | title = Bruce Jenner Might have Called it Quits with Kris Jenner Because of her Children: Report | work = [[International Business Times]] | first = Keerthi | last = Mohan | date = October 9, 2014 | access-date = April 19, 2015 | archive-date = December 4, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221204173305/https://www.ibtimes.co.in/bruce-jenner-might-have-called-it-quits-kris-jenner-because-her-children-report-610889 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/0112_robert_kardashian_TMZ.pdf |title=Declaration of Robert Kardashian |access-date=April 19, 2015 |website=TMZ |archive-date=March 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329141330/http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/0112_robert_kardashian_TMZ.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After dating for three years and proposing in 2001, Kardashian married his third wife, Ellen Pierson (''née'' Markowitz), six weeks prior to his death.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wetpaint.com/who-is-robert-kardashians-widow-ellen-pierson-kardashian-761749/ | title=Who is Robert Kardashian's Widow, Ellen Pierson Kardashian? | website=Wetpaint | date=June 10, 2013 | access-date=April 10, 2016 | author=Amber Garrett | archive-date=July 6, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706230437/http://wetpaint.com/who-is-robert-kardashians-widow-ellen-pierson-kardashian-761749/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="guardian" />

{{Kardashian–Jenner family tree}}

==See also==
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* [[Kardashian family]]
* [[History of the Armenian Americans in Los Angeles]]
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==References==
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