Bob Barker, legendary game show host, died at age 99in August 2023.
He met her two years after his wife of 37 years, Dorothy Jo Gideon, died in 1981.
In a 1999 interview withPeople, he confessed: “I’ll never marry again.
Dorothy Jo was the love of my life.”
Their shared love of animal rights activism is what initially brought Barker and Burnet together.
When I do have time, Barker is the person I’m interested in spending it with."
She is the current president of the United Activists for Animal Rights.
Now, hundreds of donkeys roam can free on their own turf.
The circus, with its controversial usage of animals, is no exception.
As a thank you, one of them was named after Nancy.
They succeeded in their cause and relocated each animal to a sanctuary.
The lion cubs were among the last to be saved.
Burnet also funded the care of an Asian bull elephant named Sabu, who grew up in a circus.
