Jill Zarin can still feel late husband Bobby Zarin ‘s presence everywhere she goes. “Bobby is totally here,” the Real Housewives of New York City alum, 60, exclusively told Us Weekly at her Mend Skincare Presents: Jill Zarin’s Luxury Luncheon in Southampton, New York, on Saturday, July 20. “He’s been guiding me a lot recently in some challenges I’ve had in business.
I’ve had to make some very tough decisions and I feel like he’s guiding my hand. When one door closes, two open.” The Bravo personality continued, “ He’s always with me and I’m going to see him [next week].
I’m going to go to the cemetery. We actually picked it out together. We have a beautiful spot like a park.
There are no stones, they’re on the ground and I have a park bench there.” Bobby, who wed Jill in 2000, was first diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2009 and had his thyroid removed; however, the cancer ended up returning in 2013 and spread to his lungs. In 2016, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
He died in 2018 at age 71. Jill went on to tell Us why her event, which benefited the Bobby Zarin Memorial Trust, was so important to her. “I wanted to continue trying to help the next person.
Bobby didn’t survive, but maybe one day they’ll have a cure for it,” she explained. “So, I can only raise so much money at an event when I’m giving away everything, but we do raise the money. It goes to two hospitals, one in New York and one in Florida because Bobby was treated in.