Toby Keith praised Trisha Lucas his wife as his best nurse before passing away this week from stomach cancer Toby Keith thought back on how important his wife had been in extending his life during the illness she's shown great bravery in an interview with KW tbdt recently Keith praised his wife of nearly 40 years Trisha Lucas saying she's the best nurse she really stepped right in took charge and said we got this the first time we went to the hospital in Houston let's head out we're going to get this so don't worry about it she says Keith passed away on Monday age 62 the renowned country music artist disclosed to the public in 2022 that he had been battling stomach cancer since October 2021 he could have written a song about The Love Story he shared with Lucas according to reports they first met at a club when Keith was an oil field worker and she was a 19-year-old secretary for an oil company Shelly her daughter was adopted by him after their 1984 marriage afterwards son stellen and daughter Crystal joined the family Lucas stated most people think Toby Keith is just the most romantic person on the planet in a 2001 Interview With People magazine he can be Charming at times she said a bouquet of flowers is nice but I've told him to save the money in 5 to 7 Days roses Fade Away get me something to wear or take me out to dinner one of the couple shared interests was philanthropy while he was president of the Toby Keith Foundation she held the position of Vice President