“He’s absolutely heartbroken, at one time this was the love of his life, she’s the mother of his children,” a source recently spilled to a news publication of David, who welcomed daughters Taylor, 34, and Hayley, 32, with Pamela during their 17-year marriage.

While David’s relationship with the late celebrity “ended terribly for them with so much ugliness,” due to the Knight Rider actor’s struggles with alcohol abuse, “that kind of connection doesn’t fully go away,” the insider noted.