“Ginnie Newhart, 82, beloved wife of 60 years to comedy legend Bob Newhart, passed away Sunday April 23rd, after a long illness,” the comedian’s rep revealed.
The couple, who celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in January, was set up on a blind date by comedian and mutual friend Buddy Hackett.
“Buddy came back one day and said in his own inimitable way, ‘I met this young guy and his name is Bobby Newhart, and he’s a comic and he’s Catholic and you’re Catholic and I think maybe you should marry each other,’ ” she recalled in a 2013 interview with City & Shore magazine.Ron Galella Collection via Getty ImagesIn 2019, Bob revealed the secret to their decades-long marriage: laughter. that year. “Laughter is one of the most beautiful sounds in the world. It’s like music, of a kind.
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