Cher Coming to the Rescue of 96 Year-Old's Alexandria Property: Reports

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Cher, the singer and actress, is coming to the rescue of a 96-year-old Virginia woman who wants to return to her Alexandria home after losing her sweetheart, according to The New York Times and other media outlets. 

It’s the stuff of romance: Edith Hill, 96, married Eddie Harrison, 95, after the two met in line buying a lottery ticket together. The two were newlyweds, married last year in Alexandria.

The two made headlines because of their age when they married, and the fact that they were an interracial couple. Hill is black and Harrison, who died in December, was white.

The two were separated last year, after a family squabble. Not all family members approved of the marriage, saying Hill was suffering from dementia at the time. The couple’s marriage got caught up in a court dispute, after one of Hill’s daughters said her mother’s dementia was clouding decisions about her care and home.

Their story made headlines across the country.

A court decision in December separated the newlyweds. Two weeks after Hill moved to Florida to live with one of her daughters, Harrison passed away. Now, Hill wants to return to her home in Alexandria and to make that happen, who’s coming to the rescue? Cher, The Washington Post reported.

“This whole thing is a travesty, what happens to old people,” Cher told The New York Times. “Once they do the repairs and she comes back home, it’s going to be bittersweet because she only wanted to be with him.”

The entertainer was captured by Hill’s romantic story last year when she saw it on the news, she said.

In addition to stepping in to pay for updating the home on Alexandria’s Princess Street, Cher also reportedly plans to help with expenses of hiring someone to care for Hill.