Wagner, who portrayed suave millionaire Jonathan Hart, shared a warm snapshot on Instagram of himself arm-in-arm with Powers, who starred as his glamorous wife Jennifer. Alongside the photo, he wrote: “When Jonathan and Jennifer reunite, it’s always something special. ❤️ Thank you, Stefanie, for the beautiful birthday visit.”
The pair smiled brightly for the camera, instantly transporting fans back to the show’s golden era. The hit drama, created by Sidney Sheldon, aired from 1979 to 1984 and followed the wealthy, charming Harts as they solved murders for sport. Jonathan was a self-made millionaire, while Jennifer was a successful freelance writer, and though the couple had no children, they doted on their beloved rescue dog, Freeway.
Rounding out the trio was their sharp-tongued butler Max, played by Lionel Stander. Over the years, the show welcomed a string of notable guest stars, including Ray Milland, Capucine, Eve Arden, Tommy Lasorda, Tippi Hedren, Julie Newmar and Robert Davi. The series later spawned several made-for-TV movies.
Off-screen, Wagner has been married to actress Jill St. John, 85, since 1990 after an eight-year romance. The two first met in the 1950s, and St. John had been close friends with Wagner and his late wife, Natalie Wood.
Wood tragically died in November 1981 in a boating accident near Catalina Island while the couple were aboard a yacht with her Brainstorm co-star Christopher Walken. Though Wagner was at one point labeled a “person of interest,” he was never arrested. The coroner initially ruled Wood’s death an accidental drowning, but after the case was reopened in 2011, the death certificate was amended to read “drowning and other undetermined factors.” Wagner was officially cleared as a person of interest in 2022.
Their daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner, has publicly defended her father amid years of speculation. In her 2020 memoir More Than Love: An Intimate Portrait of My Mother, Natalie Wood, she wrote that no one in her family ever doubted her father’s deep love for her mother or the devastation he felt after her death. Natasha, who was 11 when Wood passed away, said she chooses to focus on what she knows — that her father would never have harmed her mother or failed to help her if she had been in danger.
Wagner and Wood were married twice — first from 1957 to 1962, and again after remarrying in 1972. In December 2024, Wagner shared a throwback photo from their 1957 wedding, writing, “66 years ago on December 28th 1957, Natalie was my girl and now she was my wife. Happy Anniversary, Nat. More than love.”
