Harry Hamlinis remembering his late mother-in-law, Lois Rinna, afterher recent death.
“Well, you know, it’s a tough moment,” theHot Zone: Anthraxactor, 70, said. “Lois was so great and we loved her so much. I loved her like my own mother.”
Hamlin added, “She was dancing just two weeks before she passed.”
On Nov. 11, Hamlin’s wifeLisa Rinnarevealed her mother was"transitioning" after having a stroke. Lois died three days later at age 93.
Hamlin also shared his very first meeting with Lois. “I think she was younger than I am now,” he recalled. “And from the moment I met her, I kind of wished she had been my mom.”
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After her mother’s death, the 58-year-oldReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsstarwroteon her Instagram Story. “She was a survivor and the strongest person I’ve ever met,” she wrote.
“She loved a good cocktail. In a short glass,” the Bravo star shared ina separatepost. “And she had the same hairdo for 75 years bitches.”
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On Monday, theDays of Our Lives: Beyond Salemactress opened up about how she’s coping with grief, sharing that the “hardest part is going on.”
“Continuing, going back to the routine and to your obligations and work but you’re not the same. You’ll never be the same but you must do the same things that you were doing before … because that’s the way of living,” Rinnawrote on Instagram. “So as I try to do what I was doing, I’m doing it through different eyes and a different heart. Now off to sell lipstick and go kick some ass over there atRHOBH.”
source: people.com
