Singer Jane McDonald lost her partner of 15 years, Eddie Rothe, when he was just 67 years old after a battle with lung cancer
Jane McDonald revealed she will ‘never get over’ her late fiancé Eddie Rothe’s death.
The singer sadly lost her partner of 15 years, Eddie Rothe, when he was just 67 after a battle with lung cancer in 2021. It was shortly after the death of her beloved mother, Jean, in 2018 – which left Jane devastated. Although she lost her fiancé in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, she was grateful for that time as it meant they could spend lots of time together and she wasn’t rushing off for work.
She has been open about her heartbreak in many interviews and previously told her Loose Women pals that she’s ‘not bothered’ about finding love again after her tragic loss. And in a new interview, Jane reminisced about her relationship with the star and said she ‘was so lucky’.
“I went out with a rock and roll star who was like an Adonis and then later I got the best of him. He was just lovely in every way – for me, he was the perfect fit. You never get over it – I’m not going to lie and say, ‘Oh yes, I’m fine’, because I’m not. You go through stages,” she explained.
“You’re angry. All your plans are gone. You thought you were going to grow old together but… And remember I had Ed and my mother gone within two years – and you think – ‘what do I do now?’,” Jane told Best Magazine.
Speaking on Loose Women earlier this month, Jane said she would bring back her mother and Ed back ‘in a heartbeat’ if she could. She said: “You’ve got to realise that life goes on and I want to live. I love life. We don’t know how many days we’ve got and Ed died very young. I want to just do everything I want to do. I’m moving forward and taking them with me.”
“As daft as it sounds, I’m thankful it was during Covid because I was there with him. Nobody else was. But that was the hardest thing. I had no nurses or doctors come in. I had to learn how to do it all myself. I had him at home as long as I could. Then I took him to the Wakefield Hospice, which is a beautiful place. I’ll be forever grateful to them. I was with him all the time there,” she recalled.
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