{"id":2571,"date":"2023-03-03T18:49:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T18:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/foreverinourhearts\/?p=2571"},"modified":"2023-03-16T14:52:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T14:52:14","slug":"former-dukes-of-hazzard-star-john-schneider-mourns-the-loss-of-his-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/foreverinourhearts\/2023\/03\/former-dukes-of-hazzard-star-john-schneider-mourns-the-loss-of-his-wife.html","title":{"rendered":"Former \u201cDukes of Hazzard\u201d Star John Schneider Mourns the Loss of His Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former \u201cDukes of Hazzard\u201d star, John Schneider, announced through social media<\/a> that his wife, Alicia Ann Allain Schneider, 53, has passed away. \u201cMy beautiful Smile is pain free, living in her new body alongside Jesus,\u201d Schneider said on Instagram, with a picture of his wife. \u201cSmile\u201d is the nickname he used for his wife. The 62-year-old asked for privacy and reminded his fans to \u201chug those you love tight and let them know how you feel.\u201d On Facebook<\/a>, he expressed his grief more deeply, writing, \u201cThis is a time of unimaginable sorrow for me. Grief is much too small a word. I\u2019ve heard [it] said that \u2018with great love comes great sorrow.\u2019 I had no idea what that meant until now.\u201d The actor described himself as \u201cbroken\u201d but thanked God for the blessing of his wife. \u201cI\u2019ll never be the same and I know that, somehow, we are still and will always be the \u2018Team to Beat,\u2019\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

Although an official cause of death has not been released, Alicia was diagnosed<\/a> with stage IV Her2 negative breast cancer in 2019. \u201cShe was three years into a five-year shelf life,\u201d John told Fox & Friends<\/em> when speaking about the diagnosis. Alicia\u2019s obituary<\/a> references Revelation 21:3-4, with verse 4 concluding, \u201c[God] will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.\u201d She worked as a filmmaker and producer starting in the 90s, working on several films with her husband before the two turned to music, producing over 100 songs together. Her obituary states that, \u201cAlicia was a force that inspired others, she was kind and generous to all she met. She always put herself last. She was very protective of her parents. She was mama bear that protected all her cubs. She was a fighter until the end. Alicia will be missed mighty.\u201d<\/p>\n

John had been married twice<\/a> previously, his first marriage being to former Miss America Tawny Elaine Godin from 1983 to 1986 and then to Elly Castle from 1993 to 2019. John became a born again Christian after his first marriage to Tawny when he spent some time living with music legend and Christian, Johnny Cash. In an interview with \u201cToday\u2019s Christian,\u201d Schneider said he had thought his life was too broken to allow him to be a Christian. \u201cI couldn\u2019t relate to [Christians] because nothing about their lives seemed real to me. My life was messy and imperfect, so I couldn\u2019t see where I would fit in,\u201d he said. Cash\u2019s own testimony changed that for him. \u201cIt was the first time that I saw that you could say \u2018Jesus is Lord\u2019 and still be a man. Once I realized I was part of this bigger plan, I didn\u2019t want to be a follower but a leader for the cause.\u201d John and his second wife announced their divorce due to \u201cirreconcilable differences\u201d in 2014. John met Alicia after announcing his divorce when she called him up to discuss reentering indie filmmaking and they had dinner together. The two began dating in 2015 and were married in 2019 after his divorce with Elly Castle was finalized. Apart from her husband, Alicia is survived by her parents, her daughter Jessica, stepdaughter Karis, and a granddaughter.<\/p>\n

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Former \u201cDukes of Hazzard\u201d star, John Schneider, announced through social media that his wife, Alicia Ann Allain Schneider, 53, has passed away. \u201cMy beautiful Smile is pain free, living in her new body alongside Jesus,\u201d Schneider said on Instagram, with a picture of his wife. \u201cSmile\u201d is the nickname he used for his wife. 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