EXCLUSIVEHairy Biker Dave Myers left wife Liliana £1.4m it's 明らかにする／漏らすd - as his stepson 支払う／賃金s 心暖まる 尊敬の印 to the TV chef he 'had the honour to call dad'

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Dave Myers' heartbroken stepchildren have spoken out about the 'wonderful' Hairy Biker, as they thank him for the 'honour of calling you my dad'.

Dave, who was best known as one half of the Hairy Bikers, passed away 老年の 66 in February with his TV partner Si King, 57, and his family by his 味方する.

His death 誘発するd an outpouring of grief from the general public - who 嘆く／悼むd the loss of one of the BBC's most popular 人物／姿／数字s.?

Myers married to Lilliana Orzac, whom he met while filming Hairy Bikers in Romania, in 2011 at the 星／主役にする's hometown in Barrow, Cumbria and was a stepfather to her two children, Izabelle and Sergiu, from a previous 関係.

Taking to social マスコミ a week after his funeral, Alpine F1 aero mechanic?Sergiu said: 'It has taken me a while to 令状 this as it's hard to think about it and still cannot believe you are no long er with us.

Taking to social マスコミ a week after his funeral, Alpine F1 aero mechanic Sergiu paid 尊敬の印 to Dave - 説 he 'had the honour of calling you my dad'

Izabelle changed her prof ile picture to a 甘い photo of herself and Dave grinning into the camera, …を伴ってd by a simple 'heart' emoji?

Dave, who was best known as one half of the Hairy Bikers , passed away 老年の 66 in February with his TV partner Si King , 57, and his family by his 味方する. Pictured: With Sergiu

Dave 提起する／ポーズをとるs over a Christmas dinner と一緒に his stepdaughter Izabelle

Dave 提起する／ポーズをとるs with his engineer stepson in the F1 paddock, where he 作品 at Alpine

'Last week we said our final goodbyes to one of the most wonderful people I have ever had the 楽しみ of knowing. その上に I had the honour of calling you my dad.?

'You have always been an inspiration in my life, and will remain so even now that you are not with us anymore; with your 感染性の zest for life and 無敵の passion for any endeavour you 始める，決める your mind to.?

'Without you, I would not be the man I am today.'

He 追加するd: 'I'll end with a little 引用する from Renoir that I think is fitting and 逮捕（する）s the 影響 you had not only on your family, but the millions of fans 世界的な: 'The 苦痛 passes, but the beauty remains''

Izabelle, rather, changed her profile picture to a 甘い photo of herself and Dave grinning into the camera, …を伴ってd by a simple 'heart' emoji.

Dave has 以前 spoken lovingly about his 充てるd stepchildren, with Liliana 支払う／賃金ing 尊敬の印 to him as a 'wonderful stepdad' in the days に引き続いて his death.

He 認める that he regretted not having children, however when he met Liliana he became part of her children's lives and became their stepfather.?

He said: 'A major 悔いる of 地雷 for a long time had been not having children. When I married Lil, I had this ready-made family with two stepchildren.'?

Dave married Liliana Orzac in his home town of Barrow-in-Furness, with his?TV sidekick Si King as his Best Man

Dave Myers 提起する／ポーズをとるs with Si and his stepson, Sergiu

It （機の）カム after Lilliana 明らかにする／漏らすd life feels 'empty and sad' without her Hairy Biker husband as she 公約するd to 'laugh and love like Dave' and 'move 今後' though grief in a heartbreaking online 地位，任命する.

The TV chef 報道によれば left a £1.4million windfall for his wife, as she was 指名するd the 単独の 株主 of his 会社／堅い after his death.?

The Sun 報告（する）／憶測d that paperwork 確認するs Dave is no longer a person with 重要な 支配（する）／統制する of Sharpletter 限られた／立憲的な - with Liliana now having 十分な 支配（する）／統制する of the company.?

She was 報道によれば made a director of Dave's 生産／産物 company の直前に he 明らかにする／漏らすd his diagnosis in 2022, によれば Companies House 記録，記録的な／記録するs seen by the 出版（物）.?

It has been 報告（する）／憶測d that she has taken over Dave's 株 in the 会社／堅いs he co-owned with Si.?詳細（に述べる）s of his will are yet to be made public.

The beloved chef spoke before his death of the incredible （死傷者）数?his illness took on his wife, 説 that his health 戦う／戦い had been 'all-encompassing'.

She spoke of her 荒廃 in the days after his death - thanking his 充てるd fans and 説 she was 'grieving with a whole nation'.

And now the coach and hypnotherapist says that she is 'moving 今後 with him' after her 'life stood still' when he died, in heartbreaking 地位，任命する where she says she will take 今後 Hairy Biker's 'zest for life'.

Talking on social マスコミ, she said: 'Life stood still when I lost Dave. It still seems still, empty and sad.

Hairy Biker Dave Myers' wife Liliana has paid 尊敬の印 to her 'wonderful, 勇敢に立ち向かう man' - 追加するing 'Till next time we 会合，会う' in heart -wrenching 地位，任命する after his 癌 death at 66

'And I know it might seem too soon to even consider moving on. How can I move on from this wonderful, exhilarating, out of ordinary on so many levels, life that I 株d with an 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の man? When he is everywhere and in everything around me?

'I tell you how… I MOVE FORWARD WITH HIM!

'He will always be part of me, I am who I am because of him, he helped me 形態／調整 the last 20 years of my life. I am ME because of HIM.'

Dave 発表するd he was receiving 治療 for 癌 in May 2022 and bravely kept the public up to date with his 進歩 in a 一連の emotional TV specials.

Myers married to Ms Orzac, whom he met while filming Hairy Bikers in Romania, in 2011 at the 星／主役にする's hometown in Barrow, Cumbria and was a stepfather to her two children, Iza and Sergiu, from a previous 関係.?

His death was followed by an outpouring of grief from the general public - who 嘆く／悼むd the loss of one of the BBC's most popular 人物／姿／数字s, who also starred in 厳密に Come Dancing in 2013.

And bikers took to the streets for a 記念の ride to 支払う／賃金 尊敬の印 - with many wearing t-shirts 耐えるing his image as Si said his friend 'would have loved' the gesture.???

Continuing her 地位，任命する, Ms Orzac said: 'There is grief to go through, but I won't let that keep me stuck, or 落ちる into illness… because he wouldn't want that for me!

'I 計画（する） to live my adventures and take him with me! Experience life with him in my heart! Make his 衝撃 on my life meaningful!

'令状 my next 一時期／支部s with the excitement and the joy he taught me life can be lived with!

Dave Myers' wife Liliana 地位，任命するd a loving message to her beloved husband on Valentines day

Dave with his wife,?Liliana Orzac, who he met while filming the series in Romania. They married in 2011

Hundreds joined the 75-mile 記念の ride through Yorkshire from Beverley to Scarborough?

Hairy Bikers 星／主役にする Dave Myers (権利) 以前 発表するd he was 存在 扱う／治療するd for 癌?

'Carry his zest for life with me! Laugh and love like Dave! Having Dave Days for the 残り／休憩（する） of my life! I'M MOVING FORWARD WITH HIM!'

A fundraiser has since been 始める，決める up to raise money for?Childline and The 学校／設ける for 癌 研究 in his honour - with those taking part 誓約（する）ing to 取って代わる?'I'm having a 広大な／多数の／重要な day!' with 'I'm having a Dave Day!' on June 8.

A stalwart of British television, Dave?first appeared on our 審査するs in 2006 と一緒に his TV partner and racked up more than 30 separate 事業／計画（する）s, also selling 6million copies of their 30 cookery 調書をとる／予約するs.

In another 最近の 地位，任命する, Ms Orzac 明らかにする／漏らすd her 負債 of 感謝 to the friends that has supported her through Dave's last months and after his death.????

She said: 'I asked, 受託するd and gratefully used help in these past months.

'I'd always been the one to 申し込む／申し出 it to others, but also 受託するd it when my turn （機の）カム, I embraced the fact that so many people 申し込む／申し出d me their support.

'Thank you all, you know who you are. You've made a big difference in my life! And I'm 感謝する you 存在する!'

She also 株d a poem from Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, which 結論するs with the line: 'Don't let yourself die slowly /?Do not forget to be happy!'

すぐに after she also updated her cover photo to a 独房監禁 candle in a poignant 記念の to her late husband

After 会合 in Romania, Liliana and Dave then became pen pals before she moved to Cumbria in 2009 and worked as an Romania interpreter と一緒に the Cumbrian Police, 治安判事 法廷，裁判所 and Child Services.

Marrying six years after they first met, Dave never 現実に 提案するd to his wife and instead said they decided to tie the knot to 安全な・保証する the 関係 logistically.

In 早期に March Lili paid 尊敬の印 to her beloved late husband and also thanked fans for the '大規模な wave of love and support' that she has received.

Liliana, a coach and hypnotherapist, took to social マスコミ as she said: 'I will never be able to thank you all enough for the 大規模な wave of love, compassion and care that you have shown に向かって me, Simon and our families in these past days since Dave passed.

'I want you all to know that I have read every 選び出す／独身 message and comment that you sent… your stories about Dave, your feelings you 株d with me mean a lot and my heart is filled with 感謝 and love.

'It amazes me how many hearts he touched and how many people 手配中の，お尋ね者 to 表明する their love for what Dave and Si have created for nearly 20 years. I know the Hairy Bikers have been part of your living rooms for such a long time and I feel your loss as much as you feel 地雷!

'My husband, David Myers was a larger than life character and he did everything with passion, enthusiasm and generosity of spirit. His energy was endless when it （機の）カム to cooking and talking recipes, or biking and talking bikes.

'An amazing 物語を話す人／作家! And through his stories and TV 外見s he was 絶えず 奮起させるing and encouraging people to cook, travel, to live their life to the fullest.?

Si 発表するd the sad news in a 声明 解放（する）d on social マスコミ, 説 he would 行方不明になる his friend 'every day'?

Si also 株d this 黒人／ボイコット and white photo of him sitting with Dave on a （法廷の）裁判?

In 2022 Dave Myers 明らかにする／漏らすd he'd lost his famous 耐えるd as a result of を受けるing chemotherapy for his 癌, while speaking on his on his Agony Uncles podcast

'An exceptional husband, wonderful stepdad, loyal friend and in his own words, a creator, never a 信奉者.

'I feel I'm grieving with a whole nation… and this is something special. My wonderful Dave.'

Thanking his carers with a special Christmas dinner as part of a Hairy Bikers episode this Christmas, he opened up about just how 決定的な Liliana had been to his care.

Speaking about his 癌 diagnosis, he said: 'It 衝撃s on the family. It's so difficult for my wife and family you know, that not knowing, your 未来 is 完全に turned upside 負かす／撃墜する.

'And also I think for my wife 同様に, it gave her some freedom away from me. I felt good about 存在 able to let her have time to herself, albeit to go to the gym or a spa, just to have some of her time, because it's been so all-encompassing.'

Talking about the support he had received from his nearest and dearest throughout his 癌, Dave said in December: 'A lot of the credit has to also go to my wife, she's been there through it all with me from the start.

'It's 絶対 決定的な and I feel really sad for those people who have to go through it on their own.'?

厳密に ダンサー Karen Hauer - who Dave partnered on the show in 2013 - said she was 'heartbroken' by the news as she 地位，任命するd a broken heart emoji.?

Karen Hauer and Dave Myers 成し遂げるing during rehearsals for the BBC programme 厳密に Come Dancing 2013

Dave Myers and Si King The Hairy Bikers at the Basingstoke Festival of Food in 2009

In his heart-wrenching 声明 Si said: 'Hi everyone, I'm afraid I 耐える some sad news.

'Most of you will know Dave has been fighting 癌 for the past couple of years.

'Last night, on 28th February 2024, with Lili, Dave's wife, his family, の近くに friend David and myself by his 味方する, he passed away 平和的に at home.

'All who knew Dave are 荒廃させるd at his passing. His beloved wife brought him such happiness as did her children, Iza and Sergiu who Dave loved like his own.

'本人自身で, I am not sure I can put into words on how I feel at the moment.

'My best friend is on a 旅行 that for now, I can't follow. I will 行方不明になる him every day and the 社債 and friendship we 株d over half a lifetime.?

'I wish you god's 速度(を上げる） brother; you are and will remain a beacon in this world. See you on the other 味方する. Love ya.'

Dave first met Si when they were both working in the film 産業 - Dave as a make-up artist and Si as a 場所s director - and 社債d over their love of food and motorbikes.

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (C) and Hairy Bikers Dave Myers (L) and Si King (R) …に出席する the British Food Fortnight 第２位 School 競争 at Clarence House, on January 27, 2011

Dave Myers and Si King enjoy a brew in London in 2006

Over their career the best friends built up a 評判 as the friendly 直面するs of TV cooking, with 31 separate 事業／計画（する）s since they first debuted on the BBC in 2006.?

Speaking about his wife to the Mirror 以前, Dave 明らかにする／漏らすd the pair met when they were filming in Romania and she worked at the hotel he stayed at.

He said: 'It was love ? or rather lust ? at first sight. Not on her part probably! She was the 経営者／支配人 of our hotel.

'As Lil showed us our rooms she was very serious, I said, 'Cor! She's gorgeous!' But Si thought she was scary.'

The pair ended up having a 抱擁する wedding with 400 people …に出席するing and Liliana's parents travelling over for the bash.

While the two never had any children together, Liliana has two children Izabelle and Sergiu from a previous 関係.

Dave 認める in the past that he regretted not having children, however when he met Liliana he became part of her children's lives and became their stepfather.

He said: 'A major 悔いる of 地雷 for a long time had been not having children. When I married Lil, I had this ready-made family with two stepchildren.'

Dave 明らかにする／漏らすd he had lost his hair after chemotherapy 治療 in 2022

Si and Dave serve up Crispy Beef in Hoi An, Vietnam, in 2006?

In 2020 Liliana retrained as a Hypnotherapist and has since worked as a freelance therapist and 株 her work on her Instagram account.

She also took care of the couple's 財政／金融s and was the co-創立者 of The Hairy Bikers 国会 Club.

During the Hairy Biker Christmas Special in December, Dave spoke about the moment he 設立する out he had 癌, as he remembered receiving a phone call from his doctor while 運動ing on the motorway in フラン.

'I can't remember the 残り／休憩（する） of the 運動 home, it was like everything 崩壊（する）d around us,' Ms Orzac 追加するd.

'It's like, ''Where do we go from here?' ' Dave continued. 'When I first got the call, what went through my mind was 不信, and a 拒絶 to believe it in a way.

'It's the word, isn't it, the word that everybody 恐れるs.'

Speaking about his chemotherapy 治療, Ms Orzac said: 'It was hard, and it is hard to see him 肉体的に struggling with the 影響s of the 治療.'??

に引き続いて his diagnosis, Myers 簡潔に took a break from work before filming his last show with King, which sees them travel west across Britain from Scotland to Devon.?

King 以前 said that the series, The Hairy Bikers Go West, which finished 公表／放送 on BBC Two earlier this month, would be one they would 'always remember'.?