Helmut Huber, husband and manager of All My Children star Susan Lucci, died Monday, March 28, on Long Island, New York. He was 84.
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A spokesman for Lucci said that Huber died peacefully, noting: “Helmut’s death is a tremendous loss to all who knew and loved him. He was an exceptional husband, father, grandfather and friend. The family kindly asks for privacy at this incredibly difficult time.”
Huber was born on October 10, 1937 in Innsbruck, Austria and became a United States citizen in 1994. Huber met Lucci in 1969 while they were working at the Garden City Hotel on Long Island. Huber was the hotel’s chef, and Lucci had worked there during summer vacation from college. After dating for just three weeks, the couple married on September 13, 1969.
Following Lucci’s success as Erica Kane on ABC’s All My Children, Huber transitioned professionally to become her manager and CEO of Lucci’s Pine Valley Productions and SL Enterprises. The pair became a longtime and trusted presence in New York’s social and philanthropic scene.
Huber began his career at the age of 18 with an apprenticeship at Hotel Maria Theresia and studying at L’Ecole Hoteliere in Lausanne, Switzerland. At 21 he moved to Canada, two years later to New York. By his late 20s, he was head of Food and Beverage for the entire Knott Hotel Corporation, which included the United Nations and Pentagon. In the early 1960’s he moved to Garden City, Long Island to work as Executive Chef at the Garden City Hotel.
He met and married Lucci after his first marriage ended in divorce.
Huber is survived by his 52-year-old wife, two sons, two daughters (including Liza Huber, a former member of the Passion actress), a brother, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family is asking that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the American Stroke Association to support stroke awareness and research.