Mike Wolfe’s loved ones are celebrating a very special birthday.
On Wednesday, November 6 American pickers star’s girlfriend, Leticia Cline, shared a touching Instagram post in honor of his 60th birthday.
“You will forever be my greatest adventure and the home my heart will always search for,” she wrote in the description alongside photos from the couple’s vintage car shoot. “If we were to measure the sunsets, the trips we’ve taken, the concerts we’ve seen, the people’s lives we’ve touched, the animals we’ve helped, the things we’ve loved, then you’d be older than reality can fathom.”
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(L) Leticia Cline and Mike Wolfe.
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A travel journalist noted that “a life well lived is not measured by years, but by how many people measure their lives by yours, and you have such a beautiful life that flows with it.”
“I’m just happy I got a front seat to it all. I love you baby. Happiest birthday,” she continued.
Wolfe and Cline have been romantically linked since 2021. Prior to their relationship, Wolfe was married to ex-wife Jodi Catherine Wolfe. After nearly nine years of marriage, Jodi filed for divorce citing “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for their split in July 2021.
According to documents obtained by PEOPLE, the exes were separated for more than a year before deciding to file for divorce.
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(L) Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz on ‘American Pickers’. A+E networks
Wolfe’s birthday comes a month after he announced the death of his longtime friend and American pickers costar, Frank Fritz.
In a post shared on Instagram on October 1st, Wolfe announced the tragic news of his death on September 30th. He was 60 years old.
“It is with a broken heart that I share with all of you that Frank passed away last night,” Wolfe, 60, began his tribute. “I’ve known Frank for more than half my life and what you saw on TV was always what I saw, a dreamer who was as sensitive as he was funny. The same off camera as he was, Frank had a way of he touched the hearts of many by simply being him.”
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“Who would have ever dreamed that we would be sharing the cockpit of a white cargo van in front of millions of people interested in our adventures,” he added.
“We’ve been on countless trips and shared so many miles and I feel blessed to have been by his side as he made his final journey home,” he concluded. “I love you my friend and I will miss you so much knowing you [sic] to a better place.”
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