Just five months after poker legend Doyle Brunson died, his wife Louise also passed away. The 91-year-old died Sunday in Las Vegas. The couple were married for 62 years and the couple’s daughter, Pamela, revealed her death on social media.
“My mother died peacefully in her sleep,” she said. “I’m sure she’s so excited to be in heaven with my dad. Please keep us in your prayers. It’s been a crazy five months.”
The Bronsons were fiercely devoted to each other, and family was important to the couple. The couple is survived by son Todd Bronson, who is also a member of the Poker Hall of Fame, as well as daughter Pamela. Their second daughter, Duela, died at the age of 18 in 1982.
Marriage and poker
Louise grew up in Florida and attended the University of Georgia. She earned a college degree to become a pharmacist and accepted a job in San Angelo, Texas, where the two met at a country and western band show. The couple continued dating and soon married.
At some point, while Louise was pregnant with her first child, Doyle developed skin cancer and was given only three months to live. Louise began working long hours to keep the family afloat while he underwent three surgeries and recovered.
Louise always supported her husband’s chosen profession despite this Some of the risks that come with traveling the poker route In the sixties and seventies. In 1998, the couple was beaten and robbed inside their home in Las Vegas.
“It was terrible, absolutely terrible,” Louise said. Poker news. “They were going after them with guns and everything else. It was a lot different back then.”
Support his wife
Despite playing poker into his 80s, Doyle gave up playing in tournaments in later years to spend more time with Louise. She was in poor health and he wanted to be home with her.
“She can’t sleep until I get home,” Doyle said. Card player in 2018. “So I play cash games almost every day when there’s one game, and I can get home at 9:00 or 10:00 at night. But if you play in a tournament and do well, you won’t be able to get home until 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning, which keeps me from playing.
“I think I can still do it, I’m physically able to handle the hours. I’ve always had a lot of stamina, which is a blessing, but I feel guilty if I leave the house with my wife in poor health. I feel like I should be there with her So I think I plan to retire after this summer and spend all my time with her.
Despite the many ups and downs in a marriage that spanned more than six decades, Louise credits enduring love and a willingness to compromise for a happy relationship.
“We’ve been through a lot in our lives,” she said. “But what doesn’t kill you, keeps you together and closer. I knew I loved him, and I knew he loved me.”
The poker community recently celebrated its first-ever Doyle Brunson Day, choosing October 2 in honor of the 10-time 10-2 bracelet winner’s consecutive Main Event titles.
