The Golden Bachelor, which is one of the popular reality TV shows, has recently released its first season, and after watching the hot episodes of the show, the majority of people were already obsessed with the show’s stopper, Gary Turner. We have seen the unique reality TV series features. The life of the senior contestants who are majorly ignored by the reality dating shows.
Bringing back the legacy of these people who are single adults. Looking for love, the golden Bachelor is here. In one, in a recent interview, Gerry revealed how his life changed after he met 22 contestants in the show. He even compared the series and the moment with Christmas, telling how much it is important for him. “It was literally like Christmas morning,” he told PEOPLE, of the first night. “Every package [that] gets opened is better than the previous.”
What is the Actual Age of Gerry?
Gerry is 72 years old. He recently released a promo video where he revealed, “71 years young.” Though he didn’t look like a 72-year-old, he is. Gerry is from Hudson, Indiana.
Is Gerry Married?
Being in the dating reality TV show one of the common questions that fans wants to know is whether he is married or not. Unfortunately, In 2017, Gerry’s Wife Died of a Bacterial Infection. After watching the reality TV show it was common for people to anticipate his life. It was quite heartbreaking for many people as they were completely shattered when they heard the story of him.
Gerry revealed that he had married his High School sweetheart Tori in 1974. in an interview with ABC lived a life full of happiness and a lot of love. However, his love suddenly fell ill and died in 2017.
“We went to the emergency room and she had a bacterial infection that infected her kidneys and infected her liver,” he said on the first episode of The Golden Bachelor. “I took my wife to the emergency room on July 7th. She passed away on July 15th.”
The two were married for 43 years and this was beautifully explained by him in the show. “She got robbed. Every day that goes by, that’s the thought that I have,” Gerry told GMA. “I have her picture on a dresser in my closet. Every morning I give her a nod, ‘So what do you think about this?’ For a while it was like, I was having a hard time figuring out if she would be okay. But we always tell each other when one of us goes, we want the other to be happy. She’s up there rooting [for me]. She’s saying, ‘Yeah, Gerry. Do this.'”
“I’m not gonna lie, it was a long, slow process to get to the point where I could talk about (Toni) without becoming completely emotional,” Gerry told USA Today. He believes his late wife would be all for his decision to be on the show.
Talking to the interviewer, he said, “I had some concerns at first that maybe if she were here looking over my shoulder, she wouldn’t think positively about it,” Gerry said. “But I was reminded of all the conversations that we had, that when one of us passed we wanted and hoped the other one, the survivor, would go through the process of grieving, but still find happiness in life.”
He further said that is is okay with it and he found “peace with that. I think (Toni) would be in favor of what I’m doing.”
The Golden Bachelor also told PEOPLE in September that he sought grief counseling after his wife’s passing.
“About three years in, I wasn’t sure I was on track. I wasn’t sure I was mending properly,” he told the publication. “[The counselor said] ‘You’re fine. You just got to give yourself credit for being OK.’ I changed my mind about counseling during that time. That is something I would recommend to anyone who’s had a loss.”
Talking about his family, the man has two daughters and two granddaughters.
During an interview, he talked about his life and said, “When I was in the third grade the nuns would tell me my name was Jerry,” he has said about going to Catholic school. “When I said it differently, like Gary, they’d rap my knuckles. I learned to not be sensitive about how my name was pronounced ever since.”
