Mel Schilling’s husband says ‘no one can heal his heartache’ after MAFS star’s death
Gareth Brisbane, the husband of late Married at First Sight star Mel Schilling, shared an emotional tribute on their wedding anniversary following her death from cancer. Schilling passed away in March at age 54.
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Mel Schilling died in March at the age of 54 after a terminal cancer diagnosis (Picture: Mel Schilling/Instagram)
Mel Schilling’s husband has paid tribute to the Married at First Sight star to mark the anniversary of their marriage, after her death earlier this year.
The beloved dating coach died in March at the age of 54, after doctors had informed her that the cancer she had been diagnosed with had spread to her brain.
A statement shared by her husband Gareth Brisbane to Instagram said that in her final moments, Schilling whispered a message for him and their daughter Maddie which ‘will sustain him for the rest of his life’.
The couple married in Bali in 2020 and Brisbane has now shared a photo of the couple kissing and holding their daughter on their wedding day, to commemorate his first anniversary without her.
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