The wife of former Manchester United and England defender Rio Ferdinand died aged 34 following a short battle with cancer, he announced on Saturday, prompting a flood of tributes.
Figures from across English football paid tribute to Rebecca Ellison, who died on Friday night from breast cancer, with fans applauding during matches and players expressing sympathy to Ferdinand, AFP reports.
“My soulmate slipped away last night,” the 36-year-old Queens Park Rangers player said in a statement.
“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.”
The couple married in 2009, just after Ferdinand had won a third successive Premier League title with United. Their children are aged between four and nine.
QPR and Liverpool players wore black armbands during their Premier League game at Anfield on Saturday.
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