After years of Thanksgiving dinners together, Wanda Dench says that Jamal Hinton is 'in my heart for life.'
Both Dench and her husband were diagnosed with COVID-19 around the same time, but the virus sent Lonnie to the hospital with pneumonia. Shortly after hearing the news, Hinton took to Twitter to garner awareness and support. He and his girlfriend also made sure to be there in person for Dench during a difficult time.
“I heard some rustling at my front door, and I opened it up and Jamal and Mikaela were dropping off a whole bunch of food and gifts and stuff,” Dench said on TODAY. After Lonnie's passing, Hinton updated his followers, adding that"Wanda told me all the love and support he was receiving put a huge smile on his face so I thank every single one of you guys for that!"of him at lunch with the couple, captioning the tweet, “We miss you Lonnie.”“Jamal taught me that age made absolutely no difference. I love all of my grandkids and kids, but we all are different generations and we all reminisce about different things,” she once said.
“That’s when it dawned on me that there doesn’t have to be a generation gap to have friendships. So now I look at a lot of young people in a different light than I used to and I make it a point to talk and get to know them,” she continued.One thing that hasn't changed is Dench still trying to get Hinton to just call her when he wants to reach out, while Hinton urges Dench to just text him.
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