Barry McGuigan's beloved wife - who is the woman who helped him through daughter's cancer tragedy?

Barry McGuigan broke down successful tears connected I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! portion discussing the tragic decease of his girl Danika, who died successful 2019 astatine the property of 33

Boxing fable Barry McGuigan showed his affectional broadside connected I'm A Celebrity connected Monday nighttime arsenic helium opened up astir the nonaccomplishment of his girl and near thousands of viewers successful tears.

The 63-year-old athletics star and his woman Sandra, who helium wed backmost successful 1981, were near devastated successful 2019 erstwhile their daughter, Danika - who was affectionately called Nika - died astatine the property of 33 pursuing a conflict against cancer. Barry shared the bittersweet quality astatine the time, sharing a photograph of himself with his precocious girl online.

At the time, successful heartbreaking post, Barry typed: "The astir hard happening I've ever had to bash was to accidental goodbye to my astonishing girl Nika earlier this week. She has been a shining airy successful our family's lives for the past 33 years.

"Nika was an highly talented and inspirational young woman who radiated kindness and love. Our hearts are breached and we cognize that beingness volition ne'er beryllium the aforesaid again for us. However, Nika lives connected successful truthful galore parts of our lives which we are grateful for. I'd similar to instrumentality this accidental to convey each the radical who sent flowers, cards, Mass cards, Instagram messages, Facebook, Twitter, texts and email messages of condolences and support."

Born successful Clones, County Monaghan successful Ireland connected February 1961, Barry earned the nickname The Clones Cyclone during his palmy vocation boxing. Since retiring from the sport, Barry has go a boxing manager and promoter arsenic good arsenic a boxing pundit for Sky TV.

After the tragic nonaccomplishment of their daughter, Barry and his woman Sandra Mealiff supported 1 different done their grief. The brace grew up unneurotic successful their hometown of Clones earlier tying the knot successful December 1981. The mates person welcomed 4 children, sons Shane, Jake, Blain, and their precocious girl Nika.

The household were near heartbroken successful 2019 erstwhile Nika passed distant astatine the property of 33 aft a conflict against cancer. They present unrecorded a comparatively backstage beingness adjacent Whitstable, Kent.

During Monday night's I'm A Celeb episode, Barry opened up astir his household nonaccomplishment successful a candid speech with vigor big Dean McCullough. Viewers watched arsenic Dean asks Barry if helium goes to religion and the athletics prima replied: “I utilized to spell to religion a batch but aft my daughter… you know, not truthful much.”

Discussing his loss, the boxer explained: “She had leukaemia, erstwhile I was making the boxing with Daniel Day Lewis, 3 weeks from the extremity I had to permission due to the fact that she’d been diagnosed with leukaemia, they thought she wasn't going to get amended but she fought backmost and she won it. She had 2 years of chemo.”

As Barry became affectional and broke down successful tears, each the campmates rallied astir to console him, with Danny Jones and Tulisa Contostavlos giving him a hug. Barry said: “Thank you, you’re each truthful lovely, I truly admit it.”

Barry's lad has since breached his soundlessness pursuing his dad's heartbreaking I'm A Celebrity scenes. Taking to Instagram, paying tribute to his dad, Shane McGuigan wrote: "Thank you to each the different campmates supporting dad. We admit it immensely."

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