Susan Lucci, one of the celebrated actors in daytime tv historical past, returned to the Daytime Emmy Awards stage Friday to introduce the In Memoriam section, which featured Michael Bolton performing his 1982 hit “How Am I Imagined to Reside With out You.”
As she spoke of the Daytime Emmys “celebrating these whom we beloved and have misplaced this 12 months,” Lucci payed tribute to her husband and supervisor, Helmut Huber, who died March 28 on the age of 84.
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“My husband was bigger than life power of nature,” Lucci stated, her voice cracking. “Helmut was the love of my life. They are saying that grief is the worth we pay for love. Nicely, grief is an excruciating value however I might not hand over even one second of the love.”
With members of the viewers additionally tearing up, Lucci kicked off the video montage. You may watch beneath her speech and the In Memoriam section, which ends with a traditional quip by TV legend Betty White whom we additionally misplaced this 12 months.
Remembering these we have misplaced.
Thanks for this stunning tribute, @mbsings. #DaytimeEmmys pic.twitter.com/ZFXwW83k6e
— CBS (@CBS) June 25, 2022
