Rio Ferdinand Loses Wife To Cancer

Former Manchester United and England defender, Rio Ferdinand has lost his wife to breast cancer.

Ferdinand and Rebecca at the Manchester United end of season ball in 2013. PHOTO: BBC.

According to the BBC, The QPR defender, 36, released a statement saying his “wonderful wife and soul mate” Rebecca Ellison had “passed away peacefully” at a London hospital on Friday Night .

Rebecca Ellison, 34, who married Ferdinand in 2009, had breast cancer. The couple had three children, Lorenz, nine, Tate, six, and four-year-old Tia.

Speaking to QPR’s website on his wife’s death, the defender said:

“Rebecca, my wonderful wife, passed away peacefully after a short battle with cancer at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London”.
“She was a fantastic loving mother to our three beautiful children. She will be missed as a wife, sister, aunt, daughter and granddaughter. She will live on in our memory, as a guide and inspiration.