Anthony Stewart Head, Giles of Buffy fame, dead at 72.
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Was he gay? Or a police officer? Or a cowboy?
So not gay, this article is just using non gendered gay terms.
They might just not have ever married, since she is mentioned there with a different surname. While it may be weird to use the term partner, it feels a lot more weird to call people in their 60s and 70s "boyfriend and girlfriend" since the boy- and girl- prefixes are terms commonly linked with younger aged individuals.
One of my uncles lives with a woman. They're married in all but name, because (IIRC) she'd lose benefits she gets as a veteran widow if she remarried.
It's not ideal, but that's what happens when the government goes sticking it's grubby fingers everywhere.