Atlanta, GA – (Hip Hop Enquirer)
Gregg Leakes, the husband of reality TV star NeNe Leakes, has died.
The 66-year-old entrepreneur, who was a regular cast member on Real housewives of Atlanta alongside his wife Nene Leakes has died due to his battle with colon cancer while at home surrounded by his friends and family.
This past Saturday, Nene Leakes told guests at her Duluth restaurant The Linnethia that her husband was transitioning to the other side.
“Today the Leakes family is in deep pain with a broken heart. After a long battle with cancer, Gregg Leakes has passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by all of his children, very close loved ones and wife Nene Leakes,” A family friend said in a statement sent to Hip Hop Enquirer.
Fans watched the couple for almost a decade on the popular reality show Real housewives of Atlanta go through the ups and downs of a family raising a son while managing their various business endeavors.
Former cast-mate Kandi Burress & Sheree Whitfield shared some kind words as well:
