Hairy Biker Dave Myers handed away on Wednesday night time together with his TV associate Si King and his household by his facet after a battle with most cancers.
Known greatest as one-half of the cooking duo, the TV chef had introduced he was receiving therapy for an unspecified type of most cancers in May 2022.
He leaves behind his heartbroken spouse Liliana Orzac and her two kids Izabelle and Sergiu who supported him all through his sickness.
Dave and Liliana stored their private life extremely non-public after they tied the knot again in 2011 on the star’s hometown in Barrow, Cumbria.
Speaking in regards to the help he had acquired from his nearest and dearest all through his most cancers, Dave mentioned in December: ‘A variety of the credit score has to additionally go to my spouse, she’s been there by all of it with me from the beginning.
Who is Dave Myers’s spouse Liliana Orzac? Meet the ‘outstanding’ girl who supported the Hairy Biker star by his ‘horrible’ most cancers journey
Dave and Liliana stored their private life extremely non-public after they tied the knot again in 2011 on the star’s hometown in Barrow, Cumbria
‘It’s completely very important and I really feel actually unhappy for these individuals who should undergo it on their very own.’
Born in Romania, Liliana studied at The Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania in addition to finishing her Level 2 Certificate in English on the University of Cambridge in 2003.
After learning a Master’s in Geography and Tourism, Liliana explored quite a few careers together with working in a museum, gross sales and advertising and marketing and as a affiliate professor at a college.
Speaking about his spouse to the Mirror beforehand, Dave revealed the pair met after they have been filming in Romania and she or he labored on the resort he stayed at.
He mentioned: ‘It was love – or slightly lust – at first sight. Not on her half in all probability! She was the supervisor of our resort.
‘As Lil confirmed us our rooms she was very severe, I mentioned, ‘Cor! She’s attractive!’ But Si thought she was scary.’
Liliana and Dave then turned pen buddies earlier than she moved to Cumbria in 2009 and labored as an Romania interpreter alongside the Cumbrian Police, Magistrate Court and Child Services.
Marrying six years after they first met, Dave by no means really proposed to his spouse and as a substitute mentioned they determined to tie the knot to safe the connection logistically.
Speaking in regards to the help he had acquired from his nearest and dearest all through his most cancers, Dave mentioned in December: ‘A variety of the credit score has to additionally go to my spouse, she’s been there by all of it with me from the beginning’
While the 2 by no means had any kids collectively, Liliana has two kids Izabelle (pictured) and Sergiu from a earlier relationship
He mentioned: ‘A serious remorse of mine for a very long time had been not having kids. When I married Lil, I had this ready-made household with two stepchildren’ (Dave and Si pictured with Sergiu)
He informed the Mirror: ‘There was all this kerfuffle about papers so we talked about it and determined we should always get married to safe the connection.’
The pair ended up having an enormous wedding ceremony with 400 folks attending and Liliana’s dad and mom travelling over for the bash.
While the 2 by no means had any kids collectively, Liliana has two kids Izabelle and Sergiu from a earlier relationship.
Dave admitted prior to now that he regretted not having kids, nonetheless when he met Liliana he turned a part of her kids’s lives and have become their stepfather.
He mentioned: ‘A serious remorse of mine for a very long time had been not having kids. When I married Lil, I had this ready-made household with two stepchildren.’
In 2020 Liliana retrained as a Hypnotherapist and has since labored as a contract therapist and shares her work on her Instagram account.
She additionally took care of the couple’s funds and was the co-founder of The Hairy Bikers Diet Club.
Announcing Dave’s passing on Wednesday, Si wrote: ‘Hi everybody, I’m afraid I bear some unhappy information.
‘Most of you’ll know Dave has been preventing most cancers for the previous couple of years.
‘Last night time, on twenty eighth February 2024, with Lili, Dave’s spouse, his household, shut buddy David and myself by his facet, he handed away peacefully at residence.
‘All who knew Dave are devastated at his passing. His beloved spouse introduced him such happiness as did her kids, Iza and Sergiu who Dave beloved like his personal.
Known greatest as one-half of the cooking duo, t he TV chef had introduced he was receiving therapy for an unspecified type of most cancers in May 2022 (pictured with Si King)
Si introduced the unhappy information in a press release launched on social media, saying he would miss his buddy ‘day-after-day’
The pair met when he and Si have been filming in Romania and she or he labored on the resort he stayed at, they then turned pen buddies earlier than she moved to Cumbria
‘Personally, I’m not certain I can put into phrases on how I really feel in the meanwhile.
‘My greatest buddy is on a journey that for now, I can not observe. I’ll miss him day-after-day and the bond and friendship we shared over half a lifetime.
‘I want you god’s pace brother; you might be and can stay a beacon on this world. See you on the opposite facet. Love ya.’The assertion continued: ‘I do know Dave and his household would need me to thank all of you who despatched messages of help in current occasions.
‘It meant the world to him, his household and all The Hairy Bikers group.
‘I’m sending you all a lot love and gratitude for these easy acts of kindness, generosity and spirit. We are eternally grateful for them.
‘May I ask you all for one additional kindness and permit Lili, his spouse, his household, shut mates and I a while and a few peace to course of our large loss.
‘I’m certain I’ll see you all quickly.’
Dave mentioned of their relationship: ‘It was love – or slightly lust – at first sight. Not on her half in all probability! She was the supervisor of our resort’
During the Hairy Biker Christmas Special in December, Dave spoke in regards to the second he discovered he had most cancers, as he remembered receiving a cellphone name from his physician whereas driving on the motorway in France.
‘I can not keep in mind the remainder of the drive residence, it was like all the pieces collapsed round us,’ Liliana added.
‘It’s like, ”Where can we go from right here?” Dave continued. ‘When I first received the decision, what went by my thoughts was disbelief, and a refusal to imagine it in a manner.
‘It’s the phrase, is not it, the phrase that everyone fears.’
Speaking about his chemotherapy therapy, Liliana mentioned: ‘It was onerous, and it’s onerous to see him bodily scuffling with the results of the therapy.’