Gregg Leakes Receives Love As Celebrities React To His Tragic Passing

Gregg Leakes

Gregg Leakes Receives Love As Celebrities React To His Tragic Passing

Gregg Leakes has tragically passed away after a long battle with cancer.  Gregg Leakes was well-known for appearing alongside his wife, TV personality, and actress NeNe Leakes for 12 seasons of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta.  Gregg Leakes was 66 when he passed.

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Family friend and publicist Ernest Dukes made the official statement.  He said,

“Today the Leakes family is in deep pain with a broken heart.  After a long battle with cancer, Gregg Leakes has passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by all of his children, very close loved ones and wife Nene Leakes.”

In June, NeNe Leakes told theJasmineBRAND that Gregg‘s cancer had reappeared and that he was recovering from surgery.  His cancer had been in remission for two years before it came back.

Celebrities and those who knew the couple have been giving their condolences on social media:

 

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Prayers for NeNe Leakes and their family during this difficult time.