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William Daniels turned 97 this yr, whereas his spouse not too long ago turned 95. Nonetheless, it’s not simply their lengthy lives as people which are exceptional, but in addition the 73 years they’ve spent collectively as a pair.
“It looks like we’re breaking data,” Bartlett Daniels advised PEOPLE in an interview.
“I imply, we each broke a report after we bought the Emmys on the identical evening for a similar present. That was a report breaker, no one had ever performed that. Now, it looks like in Hollywood there aren’t any marriages which are 73 years previous, so we appear to interrupt data.”
The couple, who first met as college students at Northwestern College, wed in Moline, Illinois on June 30, 1951. They share two youngsters, sons Michael and Robert, after dropping their firstborn William Jr. shortly after his delivery.
Invoice and Bonnie have spent a lifetime collectively, however the Little Home on the Prairie actress commented that, “[y]ou by no means cease studying. You by no means cease being shocked. I by no means know. Each infrequently, he’ll do one thing, and I feel, ‘The place did that come from? The place did that come from?’ Or, he the identical with me. We by no means cease being shocked by what any individual does.”
Daniels is most notable for his position as Mr. Feeny all through the seven-season run of Boy Meets World from 1993 to 2000. Round his 96th birthday, he hung out along with his former Boy Meets World co-stars. He and his spouse reunited with Will Friedle, Danielle Fishel, and Rider Sturdy, who performed Eric Matthews, Topanga Lawrence, and Shawn Hunter, respectively, on the TV collection.
Friedle advised PEOPLE in June 2022 that he “nonetheless shoots out the pearls of knowledge.”
“His spouse, Bonnie, as properly. Speaking to them continues to be magical,” he mentioned, to which Fishel added, “For those who’re keen to pay attention, Invoice is dropping gems left and proper.”
Now that the Boy Meets World alum has largely departed from his Hollywood profession, he and his spouse are “very comfortable” lately and spend their time with their three sons and a number of grandchildren.
“We sit on this home and we do issues. He reads his New York Occasions, and he does Cameos largely. And we do conventions and issues like that,” Bartlett Daniels advised PEOPLE. “We identical to to be with one another. And we might do something for one another.”
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