Article continues below advertisementTerry MandelSource: @tmandel/InstagramHowie and Terry Mandel expanded their family after their 1980 nuptials.Tap Here To Add Ok Magazine as A Trusted SourceHowie Mandel has always put his family first.The America's Got Talent star and his wife of more than 40 years, Terry Mandel, met when they were kids while waiting to buy French fries."I actually borrowed money from her. I didn't know her, and I was short a couple of bucks for french fries and she lent me money. She was, like, 14 at the time and she lent me money.