White's ex-husband is still alive, but one of her former fiancés, John Gibson, died in a small aircraft crash in 1986. "It was May 17, 1986," White recalled to PEOPLE in 2019. "The second I heard ...

Vanna White began turning letters on "Wheel of Fortune" 37 years ago. Four years after that, she suffered a tragedy. White, now 62, was engaged to actor John Gibson from "The Young and the ...

Vanna White was born 63 years ago in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. ... White was dating actor and former Chippendale's dancer John Gibson. The two were engaged.

When White's fiance, "Young and the Restless" star John Gibson, died in a plane crash in 1986 at 37 years old, the "Wheel of Fortune" host was so devastated she fell to her knees when she heard ...

Wheel of Fortune host Vanna White is known for her letter-turning ways and drop-dead gorgeous gowns that she floats onstage in on the ... White was engaged to actor John Gibson in the 1980s, ...

Vanna knew publisher Hugh Hefner through her boyfriend John Gibson, an actor and Chippendale dancer killed earlier that year in a plane crash. She tearfully appealed to Hefner not to publish the ...

Vanna White wasn’t always standing on a fortune. One year before the issue released, White lost her then-fiancé, Playgirl centerfold and actor John Gibson in a sudden plane crash.

Vanna White and John Donaldson. ... Before her marriage, she was engaged to Playgirl centerfold John Gibson in the mid-1980s, but he tragically died in an airplane crash.

Vanna White has been turning letters on “Wheel of Fortune” for 41 years, ... John Gibson, died in a plane crash, the entertainment news website reported. Susan Stafford replaced her.