Patti Newton made a heartbreaking confession on Sunday about her legendary late husband Bert, two years after his tragic death.
The veteran entertainer, 78, told The Sydney Morning Herald that her late husband Bert will always be her one true love and she is still haunted by his death in 2021.
‘Bert will always be the love of my life. I’ll never stop thinking about him,’ she began.
She then revealed some of the ways she keeps Bert’s memory alive since he passed away on October 30, 2021, following a long illness.
‘When Bert was in Epworth Hospital, he had this little wooden cross. A friend of mine had given it to him. Bert used to pick it up from the tray and kiss it,’ she said.
Patti Newton made a heartbreaking confession on Sunday about her legendary late husband Bert, two years after his tragic death. Both pictured
‘He’d hold it for a minute and then put it down. I take it to the theatre with me and before a show I pick it up and kiss it.
‘I hold it to my heart as he did and say, “Come on Bert, we’re on.” He comes on stage with me.’
The Melbourne native added their five decades long love story began in 1966 when she was 21 and he asked her out, and the rest is history.
Patti laid her husband to rest in November 2021.
He had been receiving palliative care at a clinic in Melbourne at the time of his death.
Bert was hospitalised in March that year and underwent surgery on his leg in May after his toe became infected before Christmas.
The veteran entertainer, 78, told The Sydney Morning Herald that her late husband Bert will always be her one true love and she is still haunted by his death in 2021
‘Bert will always be the love of my life. I’ll never stop thinking about him,’ she began
The infection was ‘linked to his diabetes’ and was threatening his life, with doctors telling him the surgery was a ‘life or death decision’.
Doctors told Bert that if he kept the leg then he would have just ‘months to live’ rather than years if he chose to amputate.
He is survived by children Matt and Lauren, and grandchildren Sam, Eva, Lola, Monty, Perla and Alby.
She also revealed some of the ways she keeps Bert’s memory alive since he passed away on October 30, 2021, following a long illness
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