I'm sure every Big Footy poster will join me in sending their condolences to Lou Richards and his family on the very sad loss of his wife Edna.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23346427-661,00.html
Footy funnyman Lou Richards has lost the love of his life after 60 years together. Edna Richards, 87, died on Saturday after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Heatbroken Lou told the Herald Sun he had lost his best friend and inspiration.
"She was my best pal," Richards said.
Mrs Richards spent her final years at Lansell Rd, Toorak care home about 300m from the family home at Toorak. Richards, 85, would take a stroll to be with her every day.
"For the last six years she had dementia and, of course, you can't do much about that bloody thing," he said.
"I used to see her every day. It was hard, bugger it, but probably harder for me because when they've got it they don't know they have it.
"I'd sit there and hold her hand. It was all you could do."
She was yesterday remembered as "the perfect lady" by football great Bobby Davis.
"And she did a magnificent job in looking after larrikin Louie," he said.
Richards, famed for his co-host role on Channel 7's World of Sport met Edna at a dance at Collingwood Town Hall in 1943 during Richards' days as a Magpies rover.
He once claimed he turned up "smelling of liniment" so the girls would know he played for Collingwood. But it took time to win Edna over.
"I really didn't notice Lou much when he was on the football field in those early days," she once quipped.
"I was far more interested in another player...who was tall, dark, and handsome. Nothing like Lou."
The pair have two daughters and five grandchildren.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23346427-661,00.html
Footy funnyman Lou Richards has lost the love of his life after 60 years together. Edna Richards, 87, died on Saturday after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Heatbroken Lou told the Herald Sun he had lost his best friend and inspiration.
"She was my best pal," Richards said.
Mrs Richards spent her final years at Lansell Rd, Toorak care home about 300m from the family home at Toorak. Richards, 85, would take a stroll to be with her every day.
"For the last six years she had dementia and, of course, you can't do much about that bloody thing," he said.
"I used to see her every day. It was hard, bugger it, but probably harder for me because when they've got it they don't know they have it.
"I'd sit there and hold her hand. It was all you could do."
She was yesterday remembered as "the perfect lady" by football great Bobby Davis.
"And she did a magnificent job in looking after larrikin Louie," he said.
Richards, famed for his co-host role on Channel 7's World of Sport met Edna at a dance at Collingwood Town Hall in 1943 during Richards' days as a Magpies rover.
He once claimed he turned up "smelling of liniment" so the girls would know he played for Collingwood. But it took time to win Edna over.
"I really didn't notice Lou much when he was on the football field in those early days," she once quipped.
"I was far more interested in another player...who was tall, dark, and handsome. Nothing like Lou."
The pair have two daughters and five grandchildren.
