Roger Neal revealed why the late TV personality's longtime love turned him down.
host's publicist, reveals that his client proposed to his longtime love more than once.
"I can't stress enough the great care that Nancy took of him. It was around the clock," Neal says."The fact that he got to stay in his home -- the same house since the 1950s -- to be able to live there his whole adult life and be able to be at home when he passed, I think it was very fortunate." ," Neal recalls,"and then I came to Hollywood to start my career and I ended up representing him at 25 years of age."
Neal's final sighting of Barker came just weeks before his death. While Barker was asleep during that visit, his publicist notes,"He looked terrific, as terrific as you could look to be 99 and almost 100.""I would just call him up every once in a while and say hello and I can't do that anymore, but I'm thankful for the time that I had working with him. I'm thankful for the friendship," he says."... There's a lot of memories...
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