Divorce, heartache and lost dream
An insider said: “Tom has been to doctors and has learned techniques to relieve the pain, but it is a disease that will not disappear. He learns to adjust as well as possible.”
Tom was born in Detroit and moved to the Los Angeles area with his family as a young person.
As a star basketball player, he won a place at the team of the University of South California after playing on Los Angeles Valley Community College. But Selleck came in only seven games in 1965-1966 and scored only four points.
The following year he achieved zero points in three games.
Forced to give up his dream to play professionally, Selleck focused his attention on acting.
His first wife, Jacki Ray, with whom he married in 1971, was there to support him during his early years of struggle. But when Selleck landed on the role of the plum shed Magnum, Pi In 1980 he became a sought -after man over the city while filming in Hawaii.
He in turn “fell in love with the island and the island girls,” said a source.
