MAFS Australia: Mel Schilling’s husband Gareth Brisbane shares anniversary tribute for late wife
Gareth Brisbane has shared a heartfelt tribute to his late wife, television expert Mel Schilling, on what would have been their wedding anniversary. Schilling passed away in March following a battle with terminal cancer.
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- 9.12pm . First published at 8.21pm
Share article Married at First Sight expert Mel Schilling ’s husband, Gareth Brisbane , has paid tribute to his late wife on what would have been their anniversary.
“Hard to reconcile that the anniversary of the happiest day of my life could become one of the saddest,” he shared on Mel’s Instagram account.
Mel and Gareth married in Bali in 2018. Instagram/@mel_schilling1
The MAFS expert died aged 53 on March 24, just 11 days after sharing that her cancer was terminal .
Almost four months on, Gareth marked what should have been a special relationship milestone for the pair, alongside a photo from their wedding day.
“We didn’t quite make eight years married or 15 years together, but what a love and what a life we had,” he said.
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