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According to The New York Times, Halvorssen married Hilda Mendoza Denham a descendant of the Venezuela's first two presidents, Cristóbal Mendoza and Simón Bolívar.
Halvorssen's older brother, Erik, also graduated from the UPENN (in 1963) and his younger brother, Stein, attended Columbia University. His twin brother, Olaf, graduated from UPENN in 1966 was boyfriend of actress Candice Bergen and is a recipient of Norway's Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit. Østein and Stein were knighted by King Olav V.
Halvorssen Hellum's son is film producer and human rights activist Thor Halvorssen Mendoza, founder of the Human Rights Foundation, and his wife is Nelly.
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