Personal Life
Peters and Steve Martin had begun a romantic relationship in 1977 that lasted approximately four years. By 1981, her popularity had led to Peters appearing on the cover and in a spread in the December 1981 issue of Playboy Magazine, in which she posed in lingerie designed by Bob Mackie.
Peters married investment adviser Michael Wittenberg on July 20, 1996 at the Millbrook, New York home of long-time friend Mary Tyler Moore. Wittenberg died at age 43 on September 26, 2005 in a helicopter crash in Montenegro while on a business trip.
Peters had a mixed-breed dog named Kramer (now deceased) that was the model of a character in her first children's book. She has an American pit bull terrier named Stella, the inspiration for her second book and another dog named Charlie. She adopted all three from shelters.
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