ABC/Brian Bowen SmithABC has revealed that 71-year-old Gerry Turner will be the senior singleton looking for love in the forthcoming spin-off The Golden Bachelor.
The show will debut on ABC this fall.
The network describes him as a "charming" patriarch and retired restaurateur from Indiana, who is a "doting father and grandfather" who "lives in his dream house on a beautiful lake in Indiana."
ABC continues, "He s often busy hosting barbecues, playing pickleball, cheering on his favorite Chicago sports teams, four-wheeling and spending time with friends and family at restaurants and local haunts."
The show s producers tease, "Always a romantic, Turner married his high school sweetheart, Toni, in 1974. Together, they lived a full and happy life with their two daughters, Angie and Jenny, and later two granddaughters, Charlee and Payton. Sadly, after 43 years together, Toni suddenly fell ill and passed away in 2017."
The announcement
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