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Free Ladies star Jane McDonald shares a heartbreaking element from her late companion Eddie Rothe’s marriage proposal
It has been a troublesome few months for Jane McDonald.
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On 26 March she marked the one-year anniversary for the reason that loss of life of her beloved companion, Ed Rothe, who handed away from lung most cancers.
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Ed and Jane had been associates as youngsters and reunited romantically in 2008, following her break up from second husband Henrik Brixen.
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On Christmas Eve that very same 12 months, Ed went down on one knee and popped the query. Writing in her autobiography, Using The Waves, Jane shared a touching element from his proposal.
Jane and Ed bought engaged in December 2008
“Abruptly, Ed cleared his throat and put his hand in his pocket, ‘Jane, you might be positively the one for me, and I ought to have performed this 26 years in the past,’ he mentioned. ‘Will you marry me?'” she recalled, by way of the Mirror.
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“I used to be so overwhelmed that I began crying. Then Ed began crying! Folks round us have been mortified – considering we would break up up,” Jane admitted.
The star spoke about Ed’s proposal in her autobiography
The couple by no means did marry however have been fully devoted to one another.
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Saying the information of Ed’s loss of life in 2021, a submit on Jane’s social media accounts learn: “It’s with immense unhappiness that we share the information that Jane’s beloved life companion, Ed, handed away on Friday twenty sixth March.
Ed sadly handed away in March 2021
“He had been battling lung most cancers for the previous couple of months. We want to thank everybody for all their assist and assist throughout this very troublesome time, particularly the NHS employees and the great crew at The Wakefield Hospice.”
Jane has been married twice earlier than; first in 1987 to a person named Paul for one 12 months. She met her second husband, Henrik Brixen, whereas filming BBC present The Cruise, with Henrik working as a plumber on board the ship on the time.
Jane along with her second husband, Henrik
“Henrik tried his very, perfect and he was good at what he did, however he didn’t know the trade,” Jane revealed to the Mirror again in 2018.
“We would come to a degree the place Henrik had made fairly a number of enemies and he mentioned, ‘If I don’t go away you, you might be by no means going to have a profession.’ And that’s the reason I by no means speak about Henrik in a foul gentle in any respect as a result of he was the one which walked out of the wedding to save lots of my profession.”
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