John Schneider honors spouse Alicia Allain after she dies at 53: ‘Hug these you’re keen on’

John Schneider paid tribute Wednesday to his spouse, Alicia Allain, who died Tuesday after a battle with breast most cancers. She was 53.

The actor and nation singer posted a photograph on Instagram of his late accomplice, who he usually referred to as “My Smile,” smiling and giving a thumbs-up. Allain, a filmmaker and music producer, died at her residence and was “surrounded by her household as she took her final breath,” in line with an obituary from the Wilbert Funeral Residence.

“My stunning Smile is ache free, residing in her new physique alongside Jesus,” Schneider wrote on Instagram.

“Please respect our privateness throughout this time of grief. Please don’t ask any questions. In case you have any photos of us and our apparent love and adoration for one another, please publish them beneath. Lastly… hug these you’re keen on tight and allow them to understand how you are feeling. We at all times did.”

In 2020, Allain and Schneider revealed in an interview with “Fox & Associates” that the previous had just lately been identified with Stage 4 breast most cancers and instructed she was “three years right into a five-year shelf life.” In the course of the interview, nevertheless, the couple mentioned Allain’s most cancers was in remission.

The “Dukes of Hazzard” star, 62, and the “Auto Focus” producer met about eight years in the past and wed in July 2019 in Louisiana, in line with Individuals journal. The couple collaborated on greater than 100 songs and several other movies, together with “Poker Run” (2021) and “Tres Leches” (2022).

Allain is survived by Schneider; her daughter, Jessica Ann Dollard; her dad and mom, Michael and Linda Marino Allain; her brother, Brandy Michael Allain; her grandmother, Doris Cruti Marino Alvarado; her step-daughter, Karis Schneider; and her granddaughter, Sierra Schneider.

Schneider additionally has two different grownup kids from a earlier marriage, Chasen and Leah Schneider, who weren’t listed among the many survivors in Allain’s obituary.

“From Brusly to Hollywood and again, Alicia was a drive that impressed others, she was type and beneficiant to all she met,” the Wilbert obituary learn.

“She at all times put herself final. She was very protecting of her dad and mom. She was mama bear that protected all her cubs. She was a fighter till the top. Alicia will probably be missed mighty.”

This story initially appeared in Los Angeles Instances.