‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ star Gregg Leakes, husband of NeNe Leakes, dies at 66

ATLANTA – Gregg Leakes, who appeared in “Real Housewives of Atlanta” with his wife NeNe Leakes, has died after a battle with cancer, his family announced.

Leakes was 66 and died at home surrounded by family, according to a family friend.

“Today the Leakes family is in deep pain with a broken heart,” family friend and spokesman Ernest Dukes said in a written statement.

“After a long battle with cancer, Gregg Leakes has died peacefully at home surrounded by all of his children, close loved ones and wife Nene Leakes. We ask you to pray for peace and strength over his family and allow them to cry in private during this very difficult time. “

Gregg and NeNe Leakes married in 1997 and divorced in 2011, after four seasons of appearing on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.” They then reconciled and remarried in 2013.

Their second marriage was told in the 2013 Bravo series “NeNe’s Dream: The Wedding.”

In 2018, NeNe revealed that her husband was being treated for colon cancer, even though the following year the treatments seemed to work and she had no cancer. In June 2021 he revealed that the cancer had returned.

Nene Leakes posted on Instagram a tribute to her husband who simply read “BROKEN” with images of praying hands and broken hearts.