Kelis is mourning the loss of life of her husband.
Mike Mora, who married the “Milkshake” singer in 2005, has died after a battle with stage 4 abdomen most cancers. He was 37.
“Sadly, it’s true that Mike Mora has handed away. We might ask all to respect Kelis and her household’s privateness as of proper now. Thanks,” Kelis’ supervisor, Steve Satterhwaite, instructed “Leisure Tonight” on Monday.
Mora, who was an expert photographer, revealed that his signs first began in September 2020 after experiencing “the worst ache” in his abdomen. On the time, medical doctors instructed him that he had solely 18 months to reside.
“I believed the entire time that I simply had an ulcer. With no concept what was about to return my means,” he wrote in September 2021. “Right here I used to be, in a hospital mattress, in the course of the center of the pandemic. On their own.”
Kelis has not publicly commented on her husband’s loss of life, however Evan Ross paid tribute to his pal. “We misplaced a brother Yesterday. We are going to actually miss you Mike,” he wrote in a since-deleted publish. “Considering of a number of the nice occasions all of us spent collectively.”
He added, “Every part I noticed you do. Was inbuilt ardour. I liked connecting once more with you. Listening to about your kids and the life you and your spouse have constructed. Im sending all of the prayers and like to your loved ones brother. @kelis ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️RIP @mikemorafotos.”
Mora and Kelis secretly married in 2014 and share two kids: son Shepherd, 6, and daughter Galilee, 1. Kelis additionally has a son Knight, 12, with ex-husband Nas.