“Because Amy gave me very public permission to also find happiness, I now have experienced joy from time to time. I’m a very fortunate person. I have the most amazing family that loves and supports me.”

And Jason has also received numerous emails from women wanting to marry him – with one woman saying if he “permanently stops drinking” and has “no other conditions”, she “promises to outlive [him]”.

“I do like a good tequila. But how could I say ‘no’ to that proposal?” Rosenthal joked.

He’d previously told PEOPLE that the letter “emotionally ripped [him] apart”.

“I didn’t know exactly what she was composing,” he said. “But I was with her as she laboured through this process and I can tell you that writing the story was no easy task.

“When I read her words for the first time, I was shocked at the beauty, slightly surprised at the incredible prose given her condition and, of course, emotionally ripped apart.”

“I don’t have the same aptitude for the written word,” he said. “But if I did, I can assure you that my tale would be about the most epic love story… ours.”

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