Australian golfer Jarrod Lyle, 36, passed away after a long struggle with cancer.
“It breaks my heart to tell everyone that Jarrod is no longer with us,” the golfer’s wife, Briony Lyle, said in a statement on Thursday. “He passed away peacefully at 8.20 p.m. last night.”
Briony said her husband had asked her to pass on a simple message: “Thanks for your support, it meant the world. My time was short, but if I’ve helped people think and act on behalf of those families who suffer through cancer, hopefully it wasn’t wasted.”
Lyle was first diagnosed with leukaemia as a teenager and suffered recurrences of the disease in 2012 and 2017. He returned to the US PGA Tour in 2013 after apparently having beaten cancer for a second time. But the illness returned and Lyle last week announced his decision to forego enter palliative care.
Young daughters
He was survived by Briony and daughters Lusi, 6, and Jemma, 2.
“Lusi, Jemma and I are filled with grief and now must confront our lives without the greatest husband and father we could ever have wished for,” Briony said.
“At the same time, we have been blessed and overwhelmed with the messages and actions of support from around the world and feel comforted that Jarrod was able to happily impact so many people throughout his life. Our humble thanks to you all.”
A private family service would be held in the coming days with a public memorial service in Torquay, near Melbourne, at a later date.
