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    Moon Unit Zappa and Matchbox Twenty Guitarist Flame Out

    Paul Doucette, Moon Unit Zappa Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

    The Valley Girl has dumped the rock star.

    Moon Unit Zappa filed for divorce from Matchbox Twenty guitarist Paul Doucette last month after nine and a half years of marriage, E! News confirmed Wednesday.

    And her reason for the split?

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    Zappa cited irreconcilable differences, according to court documents filed Dec. 27, because...that's pretty much what everyone cites.

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    She and Doucette, who tied the knot on June 1, 2002, have a daughter together, 7-year-old Mathilda Plum Doucette.

    Zappa also requested that the court terminate Doucette's right to spousal support. The artist and singer-actress is the eldest daughter of late rocker Frank Zappa, and therefore the older sister of the singularly named Dweezil, Ahmet and Diva.

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