HE was an 80s TV heartthrob much-loved by the tens of millions of viewers who regularly tuned in to watch Dallas.
Now 76, the one-time sex symbol has reinvented himself with a very different career, launched with his girlfriend Linda Purl.
This 80s TV star now has a successful bread business with his girlfriend[/caption]
They celebrated being stocked in a major retailer[/caption]
Patrick Duffy, best known for playing Dallas’s Bobby Ewing over 320 episodes, is the proud CEO of Duffy’s Dough and has taken to supermarkets to sell his loaves.
A new video on Instagram shows him and Linda celebrating the brand’s arrival in Kroger stores.
The couple wrote, “From our garage to this. Thank you to each and every one of you for supporting us along this journey, and to @krogerco for helping us reach so many more of you!
“We are so pleased to be able to support food scarcity with 100% of our profits one loaf at a time.“
The company also provides DIY dehydrated sourdough starter kits for those who want to make bread at home.
Patrick became reacquainted with old pal Linda during the coronavirus pandemic, speaking to one another via Zoom.
For their first in-person meeting once restrictions had lifted, Patrick drove 20 hours to see her, determined to see if the spark they shared remotely existed in the flesh.
It was Patrick’s first and only relationship since the death of his wife Carolyn, with whom he had two sons Padraic and Conor, in 2017.
Patrick said he truly believes his late wife would be happy he’s found himself in a new relationship and enjoying spending time with Linda.
Speaking to People last year, he opened up about finding love after a heartbreaking loss.
He said, “So when [happiness is] offered, think about it, do whatever you do, but don’t let it pass you up if it’s the right thing.
“I never thought for a minute this would happen again. I never thought I’d feel this way again.”
Linda is also well known in her own right after playing Fonzie’s girlfriend Ashley in Happy Days – a hugely successful sitcom which ran from 1974 to 1984.
Outside of the Dallas franchise, which he returned to in 2012 for three seasons of the TNT revival, Duffy is recognized for his roles in You Again, Step by Step, and The Bold and the Beautiful.
Aware he always wanted to act, he previously said: “From high school on I wanted to act, that was all I wanted to do. I wasn’t employed for years but I have been very fortunate and successful.”
Patrick Duffy played Bobby Ewing in Dallas[/caption]
He starred in a staggering 320 episodes[/caption]
