Johnny Wactor’s Ex-Fiancée Still Wears Wedding Ring After His Death

Tessa Farrell, Johnny Wactor’s former fiancée, continues to be reeling from his dying.

The General Hospital alum was fatally shot by armed automobile thieves in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 25. He was 37.

In an interview with Entertainment Tonight printed on Tuesday, May 28, Farrell regarded again at her and Wactor’s time collectively, which started after they met in 2013. She had simply moved to Los Angeles in hopes of changing into an actress. The two turned engaged shortly after, however in the end ended their romantic relationship and have been good buddies when he died.

Farrell informed ET’s Kevin Frazier that regardless of the breakup, she nonetheless has her engagement ring, which was an heirloom her grandparents — who have been married for 50 years — handed right down to her. She famous that she did not have a hoop when she and Wactor turned engaged. Instead, they let her grandparents’ piece function a logo of their dedication to at least one one other.

“It was a extremely lovely second, and I at all times — I had it on earlier than and I at all times may have it on as a result of it jogs my memory of, you realize, real love or eternal love,” Farrell informed ET of her resolution to proceed carrying the ring. “Sadly, it has one other which means to it [now], however, you realize, I’m grateful — no less than I’ve it nonetheless and I’ve reminiscences of him.”

Farrell confessed she hasn’t totally processed Wactor’s dying, noting that when she first discovered he had died, she thought he succumbed to a mountain climbing accident. When she was knowledgeable of what occurred, she skilled waves of shock and hope.

“I’m like, ‘Where did he get shot?’ You know? ‘Where is he proper now? I wanna, you realize, go see him or assist,’ ” she informed ET, including of the one who referred to as her with the information: “And she did not inform me initially the place he obtained shot. She simply stated he did not make it. And at that time, there’s nothing I can, you realize, nothing nobody can say or do to vary that.”

She remembered Wactor as a “good man,” referencing stories that he was killed whereas trying to defend a feminine co-worker from the gunmen.

“He was a really noble man and at all times did the appropriate factor,” Farrell added. “And I’m not shocked by that in any respect as a result of he was sort of the man that will step up and do the appropriate factor.”

She stated she hopes supporters maintain Wactor’s legacy alive by “doing the appropriate factor.”

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Wactor’s brother, Grant Wactor, informed PEOPLE in regards to the actor’s closing moments on Monday, May 27. Grant stated that Johnny had simply completed a bartending shift round 3:25 a.m. on Sunday when he and a feminine co-worker have been strolling to their automobiles. As they obtained nearer, Grant stated his brother seen males close to his automobile.

LAPD officer Jeff Lee informed PEOPLE that three males have been making an attempt to steal the catalytic converter from Wactor’s car. Wactor then stepped in entrance of his feminine colleague and put his palms up when he was shot. The suspects fled the scene in a automobile and are nonetheless at massive, stated Lee.

“He was a good person,” Grant stated of his brother. “He was taken way too early, and no one should be taken like this at all. He touched a lot of people. He believed in his core values to the end, and he lived life to the fullest the way he wanted to. And he was happy doing that.”