Towie star Mark Wright ‘broken’ as his uncle and Elliott Wright’s dad dies after eight-week Covid battle

Elliott Wright has announced that his beloved dad and Mark Wright’s uncle, Eddie Wright, has died following a lengthy battle with coronavirus. 

The former The Only Way Is Essex star shared the news of Eddie’s death in a heartfelt Instagram post on Thursday, alongside photos of their happy memories together. 

Revealing that Eddie, 65, died on Tuesday, Elliott told his followers: ‘It is with heart wrenching regret, that I have to post this post, my father Edward George Wright passed away peacefully with his family by his side on the 02.03.2021 after bravely fighting Covid for 8 weeks. 

‘For those who knew my father, you know what a great man he was, always smiling, always humble, always happy, despite the fact in his later years he bravely fought prostrate cancer, he never moaned and done his best to put a brave smile on. 

‘His love for his family is what he will be remembered for to all of us, the ultimate family man, wanting to spend every woken minute with his 10 grandkids and children was his only daily thought pattern and request, was that to be with them, the ultimate family man.’ 

Elliott, 41, said he is ‘simply devastated’ by his father’s death and went on to describe Eddie as his ‘rock, my best friend, the man who taught me to always be a gentleman’. 

After praising Eddie’s entrepreneurial success, the reality star continued: ‘The legacy and mark you leave is colossal, put simply if I could be half the man you were, when my time finally comes.. i would go a very happy soul. 

‘I love you dad, the hole you leave is monumental but the memories I will cherish for ever. I know you will be watching over me an the kids, I hope I continue to make you proud, Rest in peace dad. See you at the gates when the time comes. I Love you, with all my Heart💔.’ 

Ex Towie star Mark Wright paid tribute to his uncle and commented: ‘You’d have to be God to find a better man than my uncle. Put simply, you won’t. I love you uncle Eddie, I’m never going to forget you. Broken to pieces.’ 

Their former co-star Mario Falcone said: ‘So sorry to hear this mate. Thinking of you all ❤️.’ 

Mark had previously revealed the devastating impact Covid-19 has had on his family, with his grandparents, parents and another uncle in addition to Eddie falling ill with the disease. 

Opening up about his family’s devastation, Mark said on his Heart Radio show: ‘Do you want to see your family members go through what I’m seeing right now? I understand if it hasn’t affected your family like it has affected mine, bloodlines are different, I don’t know the science of it.

‘But what I do know is that my father, my dad was suffering in hospital and we worried for his life for two weeks, he’s now home, he’s not completely better, he knows that and we know it.

‘My other uncle, his brother, is in hospital right now, receiving oxygen, and their other brother, my uncle Eddie who I love dearly is currently in a coma in the ICU.’

Mark continued: ‘It’s easy to sit and think, “You know what, it’s just for people that have got real underlying health issues, they were going to die of something anyway”. That’s not the case.

‘A – that shouldn’t be a good excuse anyway because they don’t deserve to take this badly just because they’ve got an underlying health condition. And B, it’s not just that. My dad is a healthy man, so are my uncles.’

The Towie cast have been rocked by tragedy this year after Kirk Norcross’ dad Mick Norcross died by suicide in January.

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