Hours after she gave a stunning tribute to her late husband Bert Newton on the 2022 Logie Awards, Patti Newton continues to share loving phrases in regards to the beloved TV icon.
Talking on Right now Additional this morning, Patti shared comparable sentiments ask she mirrored on her life with the enduring character, notably recalling a dialog they’d about mortality.
“Not too lengthy earlier than he handed, he did say to me, you realize, ‘Do you suppose individuals will bear in mind me?'” Patti recounted to hosts David Campbell and Belinda Russell.
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“I stated, ‘I believe they are going to bear in mind you so effectively. It would not matter if they do not. As a result of we’ll consider you on daily basis.’I used to be simply thrilled that everyone stood up and all people was… I felt they had been with me all the best way.”
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Final night time on the Logie Awards ceremony held at The Star Gold Coast, Bert’s friends actually remembered him and his legacy. The enduring host will even stay on in future Logies ceremonies with the newly-renamed Bert Newton Award for the Most Standard Presenter, which Patti introduced.
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As she addressed the group, a tear-jerking video montage of Bert performed on the display behind her.
“I truly did not suppose I used to be going to have the ability to do that tonight, as a result of it’s nonetheless very uncooked and I’ll by no means recover from him not being right here,” she instructed the viewers. “However I do know he’s with me. And right here… he’s inside me.”
The widow took the possibility to replicate on her late husband’s “bravery” and the nice experiences he had over his profession.
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“He had this factor the place he would say, ‘Not all people lives their dream,’ however he did, and he liked it, he actually did stay his dream. However the one factor he actually liked was this present, the Logies. This was his child.”
However one other necessary aspect of his life was his marriage to Patti, which she mirrored on in her speech.
“I’ve been his associate for 57 years, it’s a very long time,” she stated. “He did say to me after we acquired married, ‘Look, you realize, we’ll have just a few ups and downs, however it’ll by no means be boring.’ And he was so proper, it was by no means boring.”
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