The Golden Bachelor’s Gerry Turner Breaks Down in Tears While Recalling Wife’s Death – E! Online

Gerry Turner is able to tackle the position of the primary Golden Bachelor.

As a result of because the retired restaurateur from Indiana put it in a brand new sneak peek for the present, “It is by no means too late to fall in love once more.” And within the teaser for The Golden Bachelor, Gerry—who proudly notes he is “71 years younger”—shared the story of his past love with late spouse Toni. 

“I married my highschool sweetheart Toni in 1972,” he instructed viewers in a clip that aired throughout the Aug. 14 episode of The Bachelorette: The Males Inform All. “We had 43 fantastic years collectively. We had two daughters, and I now have two fantastic granddaughters. We had an actual typical however stunning life—full of affection, filled with exercise.”

After Gerry and Toni retired, they bought what he referred to as their “dream home” in Might 2017. Nonetheless, issues modified for them the next month.

“From June 6 on, it did not go in response to plan in any respect,” he recalled earlier than tearing up. “She turned in poor health, and her state of affairs acquired worse over a few weeks. And so, we went to the emergency room, and she or he had a bacterial an infection that contaminated her kidneys and contaminated her liver. And so, I took my spouse to the emergency room on July 7. She handed away on July 15.”