You’ll Be Inspired by Paul Walker’s Random Act of Kindness for a Military Couple

Paul Walker's death in a car crash last Saturday is a tragedy, but the good deeds he did for others will live on. Walker's generosity in a random act of kindness recently came to light...

In 2004, the actor stopped by jewelry store Bailey Banks & Biddle in Santa Barbara, CA, and encountered a military couple browsing the engagement rings. Kyle Upham, a soldier who was about to be deployed on his second tour of duty in Iraq, was in the store with his wife, Kristen. He wanted to upgrade her ring to something nicer.

One particular engagement set caught Kristen's eye, but it was $9,000 - way out of their budget. "I noticed there was someone else in there, but didn't give it much thought," Kristen recalled to CBS in Los Angeles. "We started looking at rings and whatnot and he kept saying, 'Go bigger' and I kept saying, 'No, look at the prices.'"

The newlyweds struck up a conversation with Walker and soon realized they were speaking to the star of "The Fast and the Furious" franchise. Walker seemed even more impressed with Kyle's line of work.

"When he found out Kyle just came back from Iraq - I remember seeing the look in his face," said Kristen. "He kind of transformed."

The couple left the store without purchasing anything, but were called back by salesperson Irene King. That's when they were given the $9,000 ring, free of charge.

King didn't reveal to the couple who purchased the ring for them, but decided to come public with the truth after Walker's death, thinking it would be a nice story to share with the world. "He called the manager and he said, 'Um, the ring that those people are looking at - put it on my tab,'" she said. "Soon after that, he just left."

"To do something like that to a perfect stranger is just unbelievable," King adds.

The couple, who is still happily married, plans to hand the ring down to the next generations in their family. Kristen said, "It's still to this day the most generous thing anyone has ever done for me."

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