Bob Newhart first met his wife, Virginia “Ginnie” Quinn in the early 1960s when they were set up on a blind date by Newhart’s friend, comedian Buddy Hackett, according to People. “I’ve got a girl for you,” Newhart said Hackett told him. “She’s going with another guy, but I don’t think he’s right for her, so I’m going to fix you up on a blind date. You’ll meet her and you’ll date and you’ll get married. Then you’ll have kids and you’ll call one of the kids Buddy.”
Of course, Hackett’s predictions were spot on, as that blind date led to a marriage between the two shortly thereafter in 1963; a marriage which is still going strong to this day. Newhart and Quinn are both Roman Catholic, and as such have a pretty large family. Together, the couple had four children over 14 years, starting with Robert William Newhart, who was born shortly after their wedding in November of that year, according to Closer Weekly. Robert was followed by Timothy in 1966, and daughters Jennifer and Courtney, in 1970 and 1977 respectively. Through their four children, Newhart and Quinn have 10 grandchildren.
It is no surprise that Newhart and Quinn ended up together; though Quinn herself is not exactly a celebrity, she comes from a famous family: her father is Bill Quinn, a well-established American character actor who died in 1994.
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