Hallmark star Noel Johansen remembers that his wife killed in Vancouver attack
Noel Johansen, a productive TV actor who appeared in various Hallmark films, brought tribute to his wife Jenifer Darbellay to a Wake in memory of victims killed in an attack on a Vancouver Street Festival on Saturday.
Darbellay, an artist and customers for theater and films, including ‘The Assassination of Jesse James’, then died a director with a history of psychological disorders in the busy Lapu Lapu festival in honor of Filipino culture. She was one of the 11 people who died as a result of their injuries in the attack. Johansen and their 7-year-old daughter were also injured.
The actor, who appeared in “Herited at Christmas” and “Fargo”, spoke on crutches during the Vigil Monday about his wife, who was the mother of their children Darby and Ford.
“What you see here is an injury that does not mean anything to me, because what is in my heart is broken. Because my wife died behind me at the incident,” said Johansen in a video posted by Global News Canada.
“She never celebrated herself in her life. She never thought of herself, she thought herself so small in terms of the reach,” he said. ‘And I can tell you that she was bigger than life for everyone who knows her.
“So don’t be small in life. Be big, reach out and contact us as a person with everything you have – and please remember those who went through this.”
A goofundme for the family posted by a friend Darbellay described as “unique, she was an incredibly attentive, warm, caring, smart, stylish, artistic woman. A gifted painter, an selfless mother and a loving woman. She gave the best hugs, was always there to listen without judgment and had the sweetest voice.”
Johansen, who owns Canadian, American and British citizenship, also appeared in “When Calls the Heart”, “Chesapeake Shores”, “Harvest Love” and “Home For Christmas Day”.
