Actress Susan Lucci got emotional when talking about her late husband Helmut Huber on Thursday.
The All My Children actress was asked if she is ready to date again when appearing on Good Day New York in New York City.
But the 76-year-old actress – who looked stunning in red on Wednesday – said not yet as her eyes welled up and she later wiped away a tear.
‘No, I’m not ready. It’s just 10 months,’ the Emmy-winning daytime TV actress said as she wore a form-fitting scarlet red dress.
Lucci and Huber wed in 1969 and were happily married. They had two children together and a grandchild.
Sad: Actress Susan Lucci got emotional when talking about her late husband Helmut Huber on Thursday. The All My Children actress was asked if she is ready to date again when appearing on Good Day New York in New York City
Hard on her: But the 76-year-old actress said not yet as her eyes welled up and she later wiped away a tear
Huber died in March 2022 on Long Island in New York at the age of 84.
‘I miss him, and he’s worth missing. He was really, really the love of my life,’ she said as she sat in the studio.
The beauty then listed off what she liked about him, saying he was caring, funny, smart and handsome his sweet accent.
Lucci also discussed American Heart Month, where she is hoping to raise awareness for cardiovascular disease, which is the number one killer of women.
Friday is National Wear Red Day to raise awareness for heart disease and stroke.
Tough to move on: ‘No, I’m not ready. It’s just 10 months,’ the Emmy-winning daytime TV actress said as she wore a form-fitting scarlet red dress
The star was asked about Helmut: The host said strangers must have asked her to date a new man, and Lucci said yes, they have
She has been grappling with ‘tremendous loss’ after revealing the death of her husband of 53 years in March.
‘Helmut’s passing is a tremendous loss for all who knew and loved him,’ a rep for the 75-year-old actress told People.
‘He was an extraordinary husband, father, grandfather, and friend. The family kindly asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult time.’
Lucci is best known for portraying Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama All My Children during that show’s entire network run from 1970 to 2011.
Sad loss: Lucci’s husband Helmut Huber died in March at the age of 84. Seen in 2017 in Long Island, New York
A long love: The couple were married in 1969 and have two children together, Liza Huber and Andreas Huber
A representative for the family stated: ‘[He was] a family man, he was a loyal friend, and [he] loved them deeply.
‘With a roaring sense of humor, larger-than-life personality, and a practical problem-solver, he lived his life to the fullest. Mr. Huber who formerly raced motorcycles in Austria was a first-rate skier, and avid golfer, belonging to the Garden City Golf Club and Westhampton Country Club.’
Huber, who was born in 1937, was asked to join the Austrian Ski Team. Instead, he completed an apprenticeship at Hotel Maria Theresia, which has four ski slopes nearby.
He later studied at L’Ecole Hoteliere, which is a hospitality business and hotel management business in Lausanne, Switzerland. He was top of his class, Fox News reported.
He moved to North America at the age of 21, starting his career in Canada before heading to New York at 23. He became an American citizen in 1994.
Huber reportedly improved his English by watching John Wayne and Humphrey Bogart films, Fox News reported.
The couple met on the job at the Garden City Hotel on Long Island when Susan was 22 and just out of college.
He went on to work as Lucci’s manager and became the CEO of Pine Valley Productions.
Sad loss: Helmut’s passing is a ‘tremendous loss for all who knew and loved him. He was an extraordinary husband, father, grandfather, and friend,’ a statement from Lucci’s publicist, Jessica Sciacchitano, said. Seen in December 2021
The way they were: Here they were seen at The American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women Red Dress Collection 2020 at Hammerstein Ballroom on February 2020 in New York City
They go way back: The power couple during Entertainment Tonight & ABC-TV Party at Tavern on the Green in New York City in 1983
‘I got really lucky because I married somebody who is smart and handsome, and he’s very confident and he has a great sense of humor,’ Lucci said in 2020. ‘And, fortunately, he’s not only been supportive, which is a lovely word. He’s been with me, really with me hands-on and right there. He’s really been a rock, and I got lucky because how could I know all that going in? I was 22.’
Huber had a similar feeling toward his wife, telling People in 1999: ‘The first time I saw Susie, it hit me. Still today, she walks in a room, and I just light up.’
Aside from his wife and kids, Huber is survived by his brother, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
His daughter Liza has four children – Royce, 14, Brendan, 13, Hayden, 10, and Mason, eight – with tech executive Alex Hesterberg. The family revealed in 2020 that Brenden was diagnosed with cerebral palsy in 2010.
It was true love: The couple met on the job at the Garden City Hotel on Long Island, New York when Susan was in her early 20s and just out of college. ‘The first time I saw Susie, it hit me,’ he told People in 1999. ‘Still today, she walks in a room, and I just light up.’ Seen in 1980