Tiffany Youngs, the wife of former England rugby star Tom Youngs, has died at the age of 35 after a prolonged battle with illness.
In 2014, she was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma—a form of blood cancer— and fought the disease for three years before being told the illness was terminal. In 2018 however, she then heard she was in a state of remission but her cancer battle continued and on Wednesday, Leicester Tigers released a statement confirming the sad news.
"Leicester Tigers are deeply saddened by the news that Tiffany Youngs has passed away after her heroic battle with illness," it read. "On behalf of everybody at the club, we send our condolences to the Youngs and Sands families. The club will be providing no further details and asks that the Youngs and Sands families have their privacy respected at this time."
