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Hallmark star Noel Johansen collapses when he left the woman who was killed in Vancouver Filipino Festival attack, 11 dead

A Hallmark television star collapsed when he made his wife, who was killed last weekend at the horror attack at a Filipino street festival in Vancouver, emotionally tribute.

Noel Johansen held the tears back when he was killed by his wife Jenifer Darbellay, 50, which was killed under 11 when a mental driver deliberately took his SUV in crowds on the Lapu Lapu Day celebration on Saturday.

Johansen, an actor born in Montreal, who held the Canadian, British and American citizenship, was because of his injury due to the attack on crutches when he spoke to a vigil for the victims.

Hallmark star Noel Johansen paid tribute to his wife and other victims of the attack on April 28, 2025 at a vigil for a Filipino street festival in Vancouver. AP
Jenifer Darbellay, 50, was one of 11 people who died when a man drove an SUV into a crowd at the celebration of the Lapu-Rapu day. Gofundme

“What you see here is an injury that means nothing to me because what is in my heart is broken. Because my wife died behind me during the incident,” he said and bravely stood alongside his seven -year -old daughter Darby, who was also injured during the attack on Saturday.

“She never celebrated in her life,” said Johansen about his wife designer, with whom he also shares a 15-year-old son Ford.

He added: “She never thought of herself, she considered herself as small in terms of range. And I can tell you that she was greater than life for each of you.

“So don't be small in life, be big, grab as a person with everything you have, and please remember us who have gone through this,” he said.

Noel Johansen was on crutches when he spoke to the vigil. AP
Johansen remembered his wife as “greater than life”. AP Photo/Claire Rush

Johansen, who divides his life between Vancouver and Los Angeles, is the best known for his work on Hallmark Canal shows and films “Garage Sale Mystery”, “If you call the heart”, “Chesapeake Shores”, “Harvest Love”, “Return to Christmas” and “Roux the Day: A Gourmet Detective.


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A gofundme founded by Johansen's friend and business partner Michael Daingerfield Hall, who collected money from the grieving family, has earned $ 120,000 of his goal of $ 144,000.

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