The “Golden Bachelor” finally gave away the inaugural golden rose. (Warning, spoilers ahead.) Gerry Turner, the 72-year-old first “golden bachelor” in the reality-TV dating franchise, picked the person he “can’t live without” during Thursday’s finale. It was down to two contestants: Theresa Nist and Leslie Fhima.
He ultimately proposed to Nist, a 70-year-old financial services professional who had been married to her late husband, Billy, for more than 40 years, beginning when she was 18 years old. Turner said during the episode he asked his late wife, Toni, if this was the right thing to do, and he felt confident it would be OK. He and Toni were married for 43 years, before she unexpectedly died from an infection a month after they closed on their “dream” retirement home. Nist said during the episode she thinks Toni and Billy would be happy for them. “I know how sometimes it feels like the whole world thinks that love is only for the young and, quite honestly, at the age of 70, I was beginning to feel that myself,” she told him before the proposal. “After Billy died, I was at the point where I thought I’m going to live the rest of my life alone, until …
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He ultimately proposed to Nist, a 70-year-old financial services professional who had been married to her late husband, Billy, for more than 40 years, beginning when she was 18 years old. Turner said during the episode he asked his late wife, Toni, if this was the right thing to do, and he felt confident it would be OK. He and Toni were married for 43 years, before she unexpectedly died from an infection a month after they closed on their “dream” retirement home. Nist said during the episode she thinks Toni and Billy would be happy for them. “I know how sometimes it feels like the whole world thinks that love is only for the young and, quite honestly, at the age of 70, I was beginning to feel that myself,” she told him before the proposal. “After Billy died, I was at the point where I thought I’m going to live the rest of my life alone, until …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]