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'CSI' HUNK SET TO WED IN THE GOOD OLE SUMMERTIME

As soon as the school year is over; Gina will pack up and move to L.A.; where she and William, who plays Gill Grissom, will start preparing for their late summer wedding, say insiders.

"Billy used to fly into Chicago, where he still has a home, at least once a month to visit Gina, who's never been married," revealed a close source.

"But work on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" was taking up so much of his time that it was getting harder and harder to get away. So he flew into town and finally asked her to quit her job and marry him .

"He joked that between his family and Gina's, there'd be so many people they'd have to have the wedding at Wrigley Field."

The Nuptials have the blessings of both families who get along great, disclosed the close source. "Gina's already kind of a stepmom to Maite, Billy's 26-year-old daughter by his previous marriage."

In an unusual twist, the gala nuptials will have a surprising guest, revealed the close source.

They expect to invite Billy's first wife Joanne to the wedding. And why not? As Billy said, "She married a good friend of mine and we have a great relationship now...we're still god friends and that's important."

"After Billy and Gina are finally hitched, they'll settle into his L.A. home -- and she'll probably even end up helping him out on the show."

By Tom Cunneff

William Petersen and his girlfriend of seven years, Chicago Biology teacher Gina Cirone, are engaged. Pondering how best to pop the question, the CSI investigator decided that a reenactment of their first date might guarantee a favorable result. In December Petersen, who sees Cirone once a month, flew to Chicago, where he spoke to her high school classes. Then the couple took a long drive around the Windy City, followed by dinner at Spiaggia. Petersen, who asked for the same meal he'd eaten seven years before, gave her a 3-carat emerald-cut diamond-and platinum engagement ring. Although no wedding date has been set, Cirone plans to move to L.A. after the school year ends and continue teaching.