Checker said he loved his marriage and also said it would succeed with Lodders no matter the condition.
Checker also said his wife knew about the racial problems in America but didn’t care. He said they got along well and had a ball together because they were two people with a similar outlook on life.
The Dutch model made history in 1962 when she won the Miss World Beauty Pageant in London at just 20 years old – the same year she had also won Miss Holland.
