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The singer Engelbert Humperdinck has finally managed to lay his wife to rest six months after her death.
The 85-year-oldβs wife, Patricia Dorsey, finally succumbed to Alzheimerβs in February, having also battled with COVID. After 56 years of married life, and four children together, the singer reached out to his fans for his support as he prepared for his wifeβs funeral:
βIt would be lovely to see friendly faces along the way and so a prayer or a tip of the hat or a wave would be so wonderful. It doesnβt matter where you are in the world, please just say a prayer for my beautiful and wonderful wife.β
Itβs not the first time the crooner looked to his faith for comfort. Although he only shared that his wife had Alzheimerβs in 2017, for years sheβd been struggling with the degenerative disease. Humperdink, whose real name is Arnold Dorsey, did everything in his physical and spiritual power to help his wife:
βWhen she was suffering with Alzheimerβs I took her to Lourdes and itβs quite wonderful there. Iβm sure all these little things I tried to do for her were instrumental in keeping her here longer than she should have been.β
With the help of the familyβs prayers, sacramentals like holy water, and visits to a German doctor, his wife made some improvements and even regained her speech.
Although she was making progress, the whole family ended up getting COVID. βIt invaded my home in LA and everybody got it including myself and my wife, her carers, one of my sons and my daughter. But Patricia had no COVID when she passed, it was a cardiac arrest,β Humperdinck said as reported by the Daily Mail.
The βRelease Meβ hit-maker shared; βThe problem is that a spouse cannot heal a spouse, for some reason no healer can do that,β he shared. ββAll I can tell you is that our prayer ritual was constant, every night at 8 p.m. I told people 8 p.m. was the time of prayer, and prayers came from all over the world. It was a chain of prayer, and I felt those prayers at 8 p.m.β
Our condolences to the Dorsey family, and may Patricia rest in peace.