Helmut Huber and Susan Lucci at the Planet Hollywood Time Square for a Handprint Ceremony in New York City in 2008.Roger Wong/INFphoto.com
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Published Feb 3, 2026, 7:09 PM EST
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Susan Lucci is reflecting on the death of her husband, Helmut Huber.
In a new interview with People, Lucci, who was married to Huber for 52 years, says she felt "completely lost" following his passing.
The minute I fell in love like I did with my husband, I knew how vulnerable I was. When he died, I was completely lost.
Huber, who died in 2022 at age 84 one month after suffering a stroke, had not only been Lucci's "rock," but the All My Children soap star's forever date, by her side at every Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony — 21 to be exact — where she was nominated for best actress for her role as Erica Kane.
Their son Andreas stepped in as her date in 2023, the night she was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Daytime Emmy, but as Lucci tells People during a cover story interview about her new memoir La Lucci, the presence of her beloved husband was strong that night, and it's not the only sign she's received over the years that he's still by her side.
I didn't even know that there were signs. I was so thrilled. A good friend of mine sent me a book called Signs. And in that book, there were many examples.
The 79-year-old actress says she received a sign of her own "early on" after Huber died, and it would be the first of many.
Helmut's family from Europe had been staying with us through all the services. And I went to the guest area to see what they were doing. And Helmut's birthday was 10/10, October 10th. And there next to their bed was a little baggy, full of dimes ... full of dimes. Even when you're here for a week, you don't wind up with that much change. All dimes. And I right away knew that was Helmut. And dimes for a while showed up in pairs in very unexpected places. And even in my purse where there used to be just one, suddenly there were two. This was definitely a sign from him.
And the signs kept coming, showing up in unique markers that let Lucci know she wasn't alone. Six months after Huber passed, Lucci was invited to a dinner party, where she was met with a surprise she knew could only have come from her late husband.
Everybody was outside. There was a table. My college roommate had put together about 10 of us. They were all friends. I was the newbie. Anyway, there were bouquets of flowers scattered outdoors. And there were bouquets of feathers far away. At my chair, curling, [there was] a big, big plume, a purple feather, just at my chair. None of the other 10 people sitting at the table and nobody else nearby at any table, just at my chair.
Whether it was the number 10, or feathers, the signs have been a recurring and comforting in Lucci's life after losing her partner of over five decades.
Ever since then, places where there are no birds — a beautiful white feather on the pavement in Paris. Or in the trunk of my car. Now there were no birds in the trunk of my car and no birds flying near the trunk of my car when it was open that a feather could have dropped in there. I chose to believe these are signs. I just believe them and they're there.
La Lucci is available in bookstores and online, now.
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