Drew Carey pays weepy tribute to Amie Harwick: She 'didn't deserve to die like she did'

Kim Willis, USA TODAY
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An emotional Drew Carey paid tribute this weekend to his former fiancée Amie Harwick, calling her “a beautiful person who didn’t deserve to die like she did.”

On the latest episode of his Sirius XM radio show “Drew Carey’s Friday Night Freak-Out” on Little Steven’s Underground Garage, the comedian sobbed as he remembered his engagement to Harwick, which he described as the “beautiful, great, best relationship of my life.”

“She was beautiful and fun, and cared deeply about people and improving their lives and was just a joy to be around,” Carey added. “And I was so in love with her.”

"The Price Is Right" host noted that he might take a couple of weeks off “because I’m in really no position to work or entertain anybody right now.”

Carey has returned to work on the game show but will take a brief break from his radio show, his representative, Christina Papadopoulos, confirmed to USA TODAY.

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Harwick, 38, a sex therapist and mental health advocate, was found unresponsive outside her home in Hollywood Hills and was taken to a hospital, where she died Feb. 15. Gareth Pursehouse, her ex-boyfriend, was arrested and charged with murder and first-degree residential burglary after allegedly throwing her over a balcony.

Carey, 61, told listeners that the two remained close, despite the end of their relationship in 2018 (“Even after we broke up, you know, we still loved each other very much”) and recalled making a playlist of their favorite songs, which he played Friday. The tracks included the Four Seasons’ “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” and The Rascals’ “A Girl Like You,” according to Sirius XM.

“We would sing the words in each other’s ears. We would hold each other and dance in the kitchen to it and slow dance in the bathroom to it, and the office, living room or where we were. And I would hold her and we would hold hands in the car and listen to it and sing to each other,” he said. “All these songs were so important to us and I want to play them for you, so you can hear how much we loved each other through these songs.”

“I could never hear these songs again without thinking of her, so this next set is for Amie Harwick, a beautiful person who didn’t deserve to die like she did,” he added.

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