Dave Myers' widow Liliana Orzac still feels his presence "everywhere".
Dave Myers was married to Liliana Orzac from 2011 until his death earlier this year
The 'Hairy Bikers' star and TV chef passed away in February at the age of 66 following a battle with cancer and now Lili - who he tied the knot with in 2011 - has admitted that there is a "different layer" to her grief because she could turn on the television and see him there at any moment.
Speaking on ITV's 'Lorraine', she said: "Everybody who loses somebody in their lives misses them but there's a different layer because if I turn on the TV, he might be on. There are cookbooks in the house everywhere. He is everywhere. It just transpires and rolls on into this beautiful thing."
Lili recalled that she was running a hotel in Romania when she met the 'Strictly Come Dancing' star and he ended up staying there by accident, but they soon forged a relationship over email while he filmed his hit culinary series with Si King.
She said: "I didn't know he was the one. It took him two years to convince me! I was running a hotel and he just accidentally ended up staying there, they were booked somewhere else.
"The jewels that he threw at me at the beginning were words. We met when, he was on the very first series of 'Hairy Bikers', and after Romania, they traveled to Mexico, Argentina, Turkey, and India, all beautiful places and he used to send me these beautiful emails about the food, people, the cultures. So I had these wonderful emails about these wonderful trips and it just fascinated me.
"Then we thought we'd meet up and after he finished filming, we used to meet up for weekends in different places in Europe."
Following his death, Lili - who has children Izabelle and Sergiu from a previous relationship - was inundated with messages around the globe from fans who were desperate to do something and now thousands of bikers are expected to travel from London to Dave's hometown of Barrow-in-Furness on Saturday (07.0 6.24), all in aid of Cancer Research.
The ride will be headed up by Dave's friend Jason ‘Woody’ Woodcock and his co-star Si.
She said: "After he passed, I had so many messages from all over the world asking how they could pay respect. People wanted to pay respect and loved him for that energy that he had always. "This idea came to do a motorbike ride in his memory, to celebrate his life. Right after he passed, there was this comment on socials that I picked up on. This person was saying 'Dave, brave Dave. Dave should be the synonymous to joy, and zest for life' So when we're having a good day we should say 'I'm having a Dave day.'"
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