widower
noun
wid·ow·er
ˈwi-də-wər 
: a man who has lost his spouse or partner by death and usually has not remarried
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Now Marder, a widower and Holocaust survivor, is speaking out about his painful past, with Spektor at his side.
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Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 20 June 2024
Aimée had risen to international stardom after playing Trintignant’s lover — their characters were widow and widower — in Lelouch’s 1966 race-car romance A Man and a Woman, which followed a Palme d’Or win with a pair of Academy Awards.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 June 2024
The new lawsuit is filed by widower Bruce Sudano, who’s served as executor of his late wife’s estate since the singer died in 2012.
—Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
Based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi (widower of Nora Ephron), Goodfellas is the story of Henry Hill, who began working for the mob as a child in 1950s Brooklyn.
—John Ortved, Vogue, 14 June 2024
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Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 20 June 2024
Aimée had risen to international stardom after playing Trintignant’s lover — their characters were widow and widower — in Lelouch’s 1966 race-car romance A Man and a Woman, which followed a Palme d’Or win with a pair of Academy Awards.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 June 2024
The new lawsuit is filed by widower Bruce Sudano, who’s served as executor of his late wife’s estate since the singer died in 2012.
—Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
Based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi (widower of Nora Ephron), Goodfellas is the story of Henry Hill, who began working for the mob as a child in 1950s Brooklyn.
—John Ortved, Vogue, 14 June 2024
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widower
noun
wid·ow·er
ˈwid-ə-wər
: a man whose spouse has died
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