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The bereaved wife of Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers has reflected on her personal journey following his death to cancer in 2024.
The much-loved TV presenter lost his two-year battle with the illness last February, aged just 66, shortly after filming his final Hairy Bikers episodes with TV co-star and best friend Si King.
Myers’ heartbroken widow Lili is now preparing to release an emotional memoir, Me & Dave: Life With And Without My Hairy Biker, on June 19.
Taking to Facebook ahead of its release on Sunday, hypnotherapist and grief coach Lili – who married the Hairy Bikers star in 2011 – admitted to experiencing ‘unbearable’ days while coming to terms with his death.
She wrote: ‘Everybody goes through loss in their lives, it’s in our human path, and dealing with it isn’t a linear process. It’s messy and distressing on many levels.
Lili Myers, the bereaved wife of Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers has reflected on her personal journey following his death to cancer in 2024
Myers and wife Lili in 2014. The Hairy Bikers star died in February 2024 following a two-year battle with cancer
‘When you’re facing loss, you have to reach deeper than your mind can go.
‘You have to lean into love, faith, hope, meaning, and purpose — and hold on to them like your life depends on it.
‘Some days will feel almost unbearable; others a little lighter. Find what is meaningful for you and hold on to it, because that is what carries you forward.’
She added: ‘Your responsibility to yourself is to find out who you are in relationship to the world, what makes you unique and what gifts you have to give… and use that as a source of your work.
And if you can just keep moving — from one day to the next, and then the next — little by little, a new version of yourself will begin to emerge. Have a blessed Sunday.’
Lili first met the TV personality in 2005, while he was working on location in her native Romania.
They became pen pals before establishing a romance, with Myers eventually becoming stepfather to her two children from a former relationship.
The final motorbike he rode on The Hairy Bikers was recently sold for a huge five-figure sum, with the proceeds going to two charities.
The final motorbike Myers rode on the Hairy Bikers (pictured) has been sold for a massive £15,800, with the proceeds going to two charities
His widow Lili told how she wanted his final motorbike – which featured in the BBC’s Hairy Bikers Go West – to go to a good home as she discussed the sale
Lili Myers told how she wanted his final motorbike – which featured in the BBC’s Hairy Bikers Go West – to go to a good home.
The BSA Goldstar went under the hammer at the National Motorcycle Museum near Solihull and sold for a massive £15,800, with the proceedings going to two charities.
Of the sale, Lilian told the BBC: ‘That bike still has his DNA on it… I really really hope that the person who gets it, loves it.’
‘I am really, really happy to see this bike being loved, and I’m sure the person who got it will love it as much as Dave did,’ she added.
The motorbike was sold to Si Harrison, who was friends with Dave, and the funds will be donated to NSPCC Childline and CancerCare North Lancashire & South Cumbria.
Harrison said buying the vehicle meant ‘so much’ to him and shared his plans to ride it on Dave Day, which sees the biking community gather to remember Myers.
‘I couldn’t think of a bike that I’d rather be on, and the idea of riding in Dave Day meant so much to me,’ he said.
