Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, Chairman of Silverbird Group who represented Bayelsa East in the 8th Senate, Friday, lost his wife of 41 years, Evelyn, to cancer.
The media entrepreneur broke the sad news on his twitter hand.
“I’m broken,” he said in the tweet, Friday morning. “Just lost my beautiful wife to cancer. She was my best friend for 43 years and my wife for 41 years.
“Our children are devastated, I am too. But I have to be strong for them. Please put our family in your prayers. Like the sun, my wife was a blessing and touched the lives of everyone she met. Though she’s gone, she’d remain alive in our hearts forever.”
In a related development, President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, condoled with the media entrepreneur, praying God to comfort him and his family at this difficult hour.
In a statement issued in Abuja, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, said: “President Muhammadu Buhari shares heartfelt sorrow with Senator Ben Murray-Bruce on the loss of his wife of 41 years, Evelyn.
“The President prays God to comfort the Senator, who represented Bayelsa East in the 8th Assembly, the children left by the deceased, and the entire family.
“Urging them to take solace in the quality of life lived by the departed, President Buhari beseeches God to soothe their pains, and grant succour to all those who mourn Mrs Evelyn Murray-Bruce.”
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