Music megastar Cher has shown she is all heart by promising to fix up a pensioner’s house, so she can go home.
A judge ruled that Edith Hill, 96, would be allowed to return to her long-time home in northern Virginia, following a lengthy dispute, after the Believe singer stepped in.
In a court deposition, Cher said she was inspired last year when she saw a news story about Edith and her newlywed husband, Eddie Harrison, 95.
The couple were separated after their marriage became embroiled in a court dispute over whether Edith had the mental capacity to marry her companion. Court records indicate that she suffers from mild dementia.
Eddie died in December, just weeks after Edith was taken away to Florida on the recommendation of a court-appointed guardian, but a custody dispute continued over her care and where she should live.
Cher said she will help pay for needed upgrades to Edith’s family home in Alexandria, and expressed frustration that the couple had been split up against their wishes. “This whole thing is a travesty, what happens to old people,” she said. “Once they do the repairs and she comes back home, it’s going to be bittersweet because she only wanted to be with him.”
Cher has offered to pay for the home improvements and to fix up the Alexandria home to make sure it’s properly equipped for a 96-year-old. She also offered to help pay medical expenses.
Earlier this month, after Cher made her offer, a judge ordered that Edith should return to Alexandria once repairs are complete.
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