Connick says the secret to maintaining a strong marriage is to remain interested in each other. He continues to stay engaged in the relationship. Connick adds that he and Goodacre take each day as it comes. He says he is thankful for the time they have together. According to him, things are simple. Things naturally fall into place for the duo.
We just take it day to day, and you know, count our blessings, really. Harry met Jill at the height of her modeling career in at the Sunset Marquis Hotel in Los Angeles, and it was love at first sight for both. After two years of dating and two more years of being engaged, Jill and Harry tied the knot in in St.
Louis Cathedral — the oldest cathedral that is still in use in the United States — in front of guests. During one interview, Harry revealed that he and Jill — who was his girlfriend then — shared an elevator with American singer Frank Sinatra at an event he attended and performed at.
In , Jill revealed that she had been battling breast cancer for five years. She was diagnosed with Stage 1 invasive ductal carcinoma, which required an immediate lumpectomy surgery to remove cancer or other abnormal tissue from her breast, followed by radiation.
In fact, Harry Connick Jr. Harry Connick Jr. Share 0. Instead, he remained supportive, remaining by her side, hoping and praying that they would beat cancer and he would get to see her grow old. Breaking the news to get children proved even more difficult; when she did it, they were shocked, and she was devastated for making them feel that way. The battle she had with the terminal illness was a long one that was drawn out for five years. Thankfully, the cancer was discovered early, which meant she got to skip out on chemotherapy, but it did not make the treatment any less grueling.
To combat the disease, which had been at Stage 1 when they found it, she received a lumpectomy. Another surgery followed it to get rid of extensive ductal carcinoma in situ, a less invasive form of the disease. Afterward, she got radiation and started taking Tamoxifen, an estrogen modulator that aids the prevention of the development of hormone-receptor-positive breast cancers. She went into remission shortly after and has been for the past couple of years.
Aware of what could have been, Goodacre's family now cling to her and she to them. She enjoys a great relationship with her daughters, who dote on her even as they grow older.
Parenting with the couple is an easy feat because the two were raised with similar southern values they now impart onto their kids. They are both committed to their family even though they lead busy lives.
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