Patrick Muldoon fell in love with Miriam Rothbart nearly three years before he died. His unexpected death shocked fans and his loved ones, and, according to a report, Miriam is the one who found him before paramedics arrived.
The couple started dating sometime in 2023. They kept their relationship pretty low-key, but Patrick never shied away from expressing his love for his partner. His previous relationship with longtime friend Denise Richards made more headlines, though, since they collaborated once again for the upcoming film Dirty Hands, in which Patrick will posthumously appear.
After Denise and Patrick’s romance fizzled out sometime in the late 1990s, they remained close friends, he pointed out during a late 2025 conversation on Tori Spelling‘s “misSPELLING” podcast.
“The thing about Denise and I is everybody thinks we met on Starship Troopers, but we met in acting class when she was 19, and I was 21,” Patrick explained. “We both don’t come from entertainment families, and our families got to know each other over the years and kind of checked in with each other on navigating the crazy stuff that we all go through.”
After noting that they dated “on and off in the ’90s,” Patrick pointed out that he and Denise were “very tight buddies, and she’s going through a rough spot right now with everything.”
“I wish her the best for sure, and we’re friends,” he concluded at the time.
Below, learn about Miriam and her romance with Patrick.
