Silverbird Television owner and former Senator, Ben Murray-Bruce has lost his wife, Evelyn, to cancer. The businessman and politician broke the sad news himself on social media.
Murray-Bruce announced Evelyn’s passing on in a post on his Twitter handle (@benmurraybruce) on Friday, March 20, 2020.
“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,” he tweeted.
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.”
The two were married for 41 years, a union that produced four grown up children.
Murray-Bruce, 64, is the founder of Silverbird Group and represented Bayelsa East in the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly between 2015 and 2019.
Additional Reports by Ugo Mba
