Veteran TV and radio personality Jeremy Mansfield has passed away, his close friend Samantha Cowen confirmed in a statement on Monday.
“This morning a light went out in the world. Jeremy Mansfield passed away just before dawn. He died peacefully at home surrounded by family and friends and boundless love.
“Jeremy lived large. He didn’t know what to do small. He loved hard, laughed loud and managed to combine mischief and mayhem with heart and soul. The city was brighter and lighter with him on the airwaves. He changed lives every day. When he wasn’t raising millions for charity, he was raising fresh hell.
Under a naughty exterior Jeremy had a huge soft heart. A lot of people got to see and hear that over the radio but he saved his vulnerability for a select few. He was determined to make the world be a better and shinier and funnier place and he drove the road to that destination at 1000 miles an hour with no rearview mirror, all of the rest of us clinging on for dear life.
“We miss him. The family is devastated and is asking for privacy during this time.”
Mansfield revealed in January that his cancer had returned. Earlier last month he shared the heartbreaking news that his cancer had progressed to stage 4 and that it was terminal, and only subject to palliative care.
“I have it confirmed by the specialist surgeon leading everyone in the team looking after me that my cancer is confirmed stage 4, terminal and is now only subject to palliative care.
“This dream team (as I refer to them) will now guide me through how to have as much fun in the time I have left and fulfil as many dreams, big and small, as I have in my bucket list. A new journey for Kari and the rest of our families starts today,” Mansfield shared with his more than 48 000 Facebook followers in August.
Source: News24, Times Live, The Citizen, East Coast Radio, image from Twitter: @Mokwena_Moroka