‘Dukes of Hazzard’ star John Schneider recalls the ‘lie’ he told his wife before her death

The actor’s wife, Alicia Allain Schneider, died at age 53 in February.

John Schneider is sharing the heartbreaking details about his last moments with his late wife, Alicia Allain Schneider.

The former “Dukes of Hazzard” star, 63, told People that he decided to comfort his wife with a “lie” while she was in her final days of hospice care at home.

“I of course told her it was OK,” said Schneider. “‘If you’re tired, if you want to go see your grandma, you want to go see your grandpa, if you want to go, then it’s OK. You go.’ And that was all the truth.”

“But then I lied, because I said, ‘Don’t worry about me; I’ll be OK,’” the actor tearfully continued. “That was a lie I had to tell, but she knew it. OK is a long way away.”

Schneider’s very last words to Allain Schneider, who died in February of breast cancer at age 53, were straight from the heart.

“The last thing I said to her was, ‘I love you desperately, and I’ve got multiple sets of very long-term plans for you.’ And that’s true, because eternity’s a very long time, and I believe it. I’m counting on it,” he said.

Schneider announced his wife’s death in an emotional Facebook post on Feb. 22.

“My beautiful Smile is pain free, living in her new body alongside Jesus,” he wrote, using his affectionate nickname for her.

The actor asked fans to share “any pictures of us and our obvious love and adoration for each other” in the comments of his post.

“Lastly… hug those you love tight and let them know how you feel. We always did,” he added.

The following day, Schneider wrote again about his wife’s death, which he called “a time of unimaginable sorrow,” on Facebook.

“Alicia was the fuel that ran my biggest dreams. The inspiration behind every creative thought. The very fabric of my soul. The glue that held me together,” he continued.

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