Dallas' Patrick Duffy talks about finding new love after wife's tragic cancer death
msn.comMalvern for brighter times with his new lover and actress from Happy Days. Romance sparked between the grieving actor, who played Bobby Ewing, and Linda Purl after they got chatting on Zoom during lockdown, two years ago.
There was an "attraction, pull and compatibility" that they couldn't ignore despite the burgeoning romance being online. Renowned for having the most bizarre Dallas moment ever when he returned from the dead during a 'bad dream' shower scene, Duffy is soap opera royalty.
While his partner Purl is famous for playing Fonzie's girlfriend Ashley in Happy Days and later Pam Beesly's mother Helene in US version of The Office. READ MORE: X Factor's Niki Evans on working in Amazon factory during covid and how show wrecked marriage They now travel to Worcestershire and Birmingham together as they star alongside each other in a UK theatre tour for Catch Me If You Can.
Talking about getting to know each other over Zoom, he added: "That was a great hands-off getting to know each other. There was never a time during the four-plus months we were communicating that I ever had to think ‘Gosh, it’s our third dinner.
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