Simon Thomas has revealed that tragedy has struck his family once again after his father-in-law passed away following a battle with blood cancer.
The former Sky Sports presenter announced on Instagram that his late wife’s father had died just a year after they lost Gemma.
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Gemma died three days after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia on November 24, 2017 at the age of 40.
Simon, 45, who has spoken out about raising his nine-year-old son Ethan as they both struggle with their grief, shared a picture of Gemma’s dad with his grandson as he revealed the sad news.
He wrote: “Life can feel very cruel. Last night Gemma’s Dad’s life reached its end as myeloma took its final toll.
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“It’s devastating for Rebecca who in fourteen months has lost half of her family to #bloodcancer and heartbreaking for Ethan who only a month ago said, ‘Why do I keep losing everything I love?’
“Now he’s lost the man with whom he had the most special of relationships – the man he called ‘Pompa’.”
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The tragic death is another bitter blow after Thomas previously revealed over Christmas that his son was struggling to deal with the loss of his mother.
Simon told The Mail On Sunday: “I asked him this morning what is the first thing that enters his brain when he wakes up. He replied: ‘How much I miss Mummy.'”
But Simon, who set up The Gemma Thomas Fund with the charity Bloodwise, says his son gives him the strength to carry on.
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He told the BBC that on the first anniversary of Gemma’s death his son told him: “‘Dad, just so you know, if you’re ever feeling sad over the weekend you can just come and find me and I’ll give you a big hug.’
“I just thought, I don’t think I’d have got though this without him. It gives you a reason to live.
“He is my everything. Without him I don’t know what life would look like right now.”
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