Susan Lucci revealed that she "felt like half a person" following the 2022 death of her husband, Helmut Huber, in new book La Lucci. "I believed I had lost my light. There are no words to say how much I was missing him. And with that came a feeling of complete hopelessness," Lucci, 79, wrote in the memoir, which was released on Tuesday, February 3. "The encouragement to remain hopeful was shared with me so many times, but the only thing I truly hoped for was for Helmut to come walking through the door." Lucci added, "We all want to have light.