PLEASE NOTE EDIT CONTAINS 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />"Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp has separated from his partner of 14 years, French actress Vanessa Paradis, a representative for the actor said on Tuesday (June 19).<br/> <br />"Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis have amicably separated. Please respect their privacy and, more importantly, the privacy of their children," Depp's publicist said in a statement.<br/> <br />Tuesday's announcement follows widespread reports earlier this year that the couple's relationship was on the rocks, although Depp denied rumors of a split to British newspaper The Sun in May.<br/> <br />Depp, 49, began dating French singer, actress and model Paradis, 39, in 1998, following his split from British supermodel Kate Moss. Depp and Paradis have two children, Lily-Rose, 13, and nine-year-old Jack, and set up homes in France, Los Angeles and on a private island in the Caribbean.<br/> <br />The couple never married, although Depp has been married once before and had a high-profile relationship with actress Winona Ryder in the early 1990s.<br/> <br />John Russell, Reuters.
