Irish Daily Mirror

Sky Colin’s wife’s cancer death at 55

- BY RUSSELL MYERS

Jo, and Colin SKY News presenter Colin Brazier’s wife has died after a long battle with cancer.

The veteran broadcaste­r announced yesterday that Jo Brazier, 55, passed away.

She leaves behind her husband and six children.

Posting an image of his wife on Twitter, Colin, 50, wrote: “Jo Brazier. Wife. Mother. Friend. Died peacefully July 6, 2018.”

Jo had fought an aggressive form of breast cancer for the past five years.

She died at a hospice in Salisbury, Wilts.

A few days earlier, Colin posted a snap of Jo, adding: “Please pray tonight for my magnificen­t, darling wife.”

Colin’s TV colleagues wrote messages of support.

His Sky News co-host, Tom Macleod, said: “Love to you and your family. We are thinking of you.”

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