Jean's former husband Bill Savage told us: “We are in total shock at the moment. We were told by the authorities earlier today before it was announced on the news.

“At the moment, our concern are for the children that are left behind.  We have no other comments to make until more information has been gathered.”

Details are still coming in about the incident that led to the murder of the four Americans after a dozen pirates stormed their yacht last Friday; several of the captors were killed in the rescue mission also.

Scott Adam, in his mid-60s, had been an associate producer in Hollywood when he turned in a spiritual direction and enrolled in the seminary a decade ago while his wife was a retired dentist.

On this journey, a Washington couple named Phyllis Mackay and Bob Riggle joined them aboard their yacht.

The four were part of an international yacht race called Blue Water Rally, but for some reason left the course somewhere between India and Oman.

The Adams are part of the Del Rey Yacht Club in Marina del Rey, and the club's members were also left devastated by the tragic news.

Yacht club member and friend of the Adam’s Earnest Barker is still baffled about why their yacht traveled into the pirate-infested waters off the coast of Somalia in the first place.

He told Breaking Celebrity News: “We are all devastated. They were a lovely and peaceful couple.

“But Scott was a very experienced and professional sailor, and everyone wants to know why he sailed into these waters.

“The authorities must be looking for answers from people taking part in the Blue Water Rally because they must have been the last people in contact with them.

“We last saw then around December time, and they still have a power