 Hartman had been divorced twice before he married Brynn Omdahl in 1987 ; the couple had two children together . However , their marriage was fractured , due in part to Brynn 's drug use . On May 28 , 1998 , Brynn shot and killed Hartman while he slept in their Encino , Los Angeles , home , then committed suicide several hours later . In the weeks following his death , Hartman was celebrated in a wave of tributes . Dan Snierson of Entertainment Weekly opined that Hartman was " the last person you 'd expect to read about in lurid headlines in your morning paper ... a decidedly regular guy , beloved by everyone he worked with " . Hartman was posthumously inducted into Canada 's Walk of Fame in 2012 and the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2014 . 
