How young widows of deceased husbands live – debts, scandals, new love

From the outside, the life of the heroines of our selection was like from a fairy tale. All of them were suddenly marrying men much older than themselves, which means they are more experienced and wiser. A bonus to this was the security and status of the wife of an important personality. In a word, they lived as if behind a stone wall.

And then everything changed overnight – their husbands died. We tell how widows live today.

In 2003, 54-year-old Alexander Gradsky, who had divorced his third wife two years earlier, began a new romance. 19-year-old Marina Kotashenko became the chosen one among recognized geniuses. Needless to say, the public was skeptical of this union…

Meanwhile, Marina and Alexander lived together for almost 18 years and became parents of two children: the youngest Ivan was born quite recently – in 2018, and the eldest Alexander is 7 years old today.

Gradsky and Kotashenko were not officially married, so after the death of the master on the site, they argued about whether the girl would inherit. Then it turned out that a month before the death of Alexander Borisovich, they managed to get married: according to some sources, Marina insisted on the wedding, according to others, it was the desire of the artist himself, who did not want to leave the mother of his two children with nothing.

Be that as it may, Kotashenko is today the main contender for the inheritance. However, according to sources close to the thirty-seven-year-old girl, she is not interested in money at all. Marina is much more worried about the death of her beloved man, who was her mentor, support and support in everything. From my youth. He simply does not know any other life.

“She literally turned black with grief. Behind Gradsky Marina was like behind a stone wall. Now she will have to do everything herself and she has two minor children. The youngest child is only three years old. It will be difficult for Marina without her husband,” Kotashenko’s relatives are quoted as saying.

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When Playboy founder Hugh Hefner decided to marry for the third time in 2012, he was already 86 years old. And his beloved Crystal Harris is 60 years younger – just 26. They met in 2008 at a Playboy party (and where else?). An affair began and already in 2010 the publisher announced an engagement with a sexy blonde.

True, then the celebration was canceled. Crystal was very nervous about the marriage contract (unfortunately, nowhere without her), Hugh was also quite worried. And then came the girl’s words that sex with her fiance only lasts 2 seconds.

Be that as it may, the passions subsided, and in 2012 the lovers got married and lived together for 5 years – until Hefner’s death in 2017. According to the prenuptial agreement, Krystal did not receive a cent of her late husband’s $110 million estate. All she was left with was a house worth 5 million and all the jewelry her husband had gifted her.

Today, Krystal continues to lead an idle lifestyle – she travels a lot, is active on social media, and has opened a shop that sells t-shirts and hoodies with her face. And she is also happy in a relationship – the thirty-five-year-old beauty’s boyfriend is Ryan Malati, he is 32 years old, an actor and writer.

Ekaterina Belotserkovskaya became the third wife of Boris Grachevsky. Their wedding took place in 2016: then the founder of Yeralash was 67 years old, his chosen one was 32 years old. The couple led a rather closed life and almost did not talk about their relationship, but it was clear that Boris Yuryevich was very happy.

In April 2020, this happiness doubled: the 71-year-old artist became a father – Catherine gave birth to a son, who was named Philip. Unfortunately, Grachevski did not even have the opportunity to celebrate the first birthday of the youngest child. At the end of December, he contracted the coronavirus, which he was unable to overcome. Boris Yuryevich died in January 2021.

Almost a year has passed since the death of the master, and Catherine admits that the year 2021 has become a personal hell for her. Not only was Belotserkovskaya left alone with a one-year-old child in her arms, in addition, financial difficulties appeared in her life: it turned out that Grachevsky did not leave his wife any savings, and after his death, people reported about the inheritance immediately appeared. Now there are courts.

In 2009, the scandalous showman Roman Trachtenberg died. The 41-year-old TV and radio presenter died of a heart attack, most likely caused by a drug overdose.

The showman left behind two sons born out of wedlock. And his only wife, 25-year-old Vera Moroz, was widowed overnight. Soon after her death, the girl learned that her late husband had bequeathed her entire inheritance to her eldest son. And I was very surprised to find nothing about myself. Vera tried to get justice through the courts. Unfortunately, in 2011, the final decision was made: Trachtenberg’s will was recognized as legal, and Moroz was even forced to vacate the apartment in which she lived.

In the future, Vera’s life was quite successful. In 2012, she married doctor Konstantin Rebrikov and took his surname, and two years later they became parents. Rebríková leads a closed life.

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In 2000, 53-year-old Barykin met a 19-year-old girl named Nelly on tour in Bryansk. At that time, the singer already had a failed marriage, 8 years of solitude and problems with alcohol. But the provincial girl paid no attention to this and looked at the idol with adoration. Thus began their romance, which almost immediately, in August 2005, grew into a wedding. And a few months later, in April 2006, they became parents to a daughter, Eugenie.

Barykin adored his wife – he dedicated songs to her, took a duet with him and showered her with gifts. And then Nellie fell in love. Alexander was very upset by his wife’s betrayal, but he was ready to forgive her. She asked to be released. She left for another, but never divorced. Instead, she became a widow in 2011: Barykin died during the tour.

The public blamed the girl for what happened, but when she became free, she began to live as she had dreamed for a long time. She brought her lover to the house where she once lived with her husband, soon married him, gave birth to another child. And in 2020, the couple broke up. It is said that Nellie was tired of being mugged, so she took the children and left her husband.

Barykin’s mother, 92-year-old Alexandra Georgievna, complained that her former daughter-in-law completely forgot about her, although they called often a few years ago. And then the girl changed. According to the mother of the late artist Barykina, she even stopped sending the money that comes for her son’s work.

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