TABBY Brown tragically passed away aged 38, leaving fans and loved ones devastated.
Much-loved Tabby modelled for Cosmopolitan and ELLE but also previously dated footballers Raheem Sterling and Mario Balotelli.
Tabby also appeared in ads for Canon, Virgin Atlantic, AXE and Lynx, and starred in Channel 5’s The Bachelor.
Heartbroken fans, friends and music stars took to social media to pay tribute to Tabby after the shocking news.
The Playboy model often moved in high-profile circles and was known to have relationships with some famous footballers.
Tabby dated Mario Balotelli for seven months after first meeting the former Premier League striker in a nightclub in 2011.
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Balotelli, who was at Man City at the time, befriended her on Facebook and then convinced her to go on a date with him.
“I really fell for Mario – against my better judgment,” she told the Mirror in 2013.
“He told me he wanted us to settle down and have a family.
“Then I found out he was having a baby with his ex, there were constant stories about him partying with other women, and all the ‘she’s just a friend’ texts.
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“So I ended it in November. Mario couldn’t believe it and thought he could sweet-talk me into going back to him.
“When he realised there was no chance he took it very badly. But that’s because Mario has never been dumped by a woman before. He’s used to getting exactly what he wants.”
And England forward Sterling previously had a hotel date with the lingerie model at a posh Manchester hotel in March 2016.
It came just weeks after he set up home with Paige Milian in a £3.5million pad in Wilmslow, Cheshire.
The now-Chelsea star was driven by a pal in a blacked-out limo to the model’s city centre hotel.
Sterling then disappeared for an hour in the building, where she had checked in the night before.
The star was then spotted having a chat with the model in the bar while Tabby ate lunch.
It it also claimed that Sterling has previously sent Tabby gifts and flowers after he first met her in a London nightclub.
And he even reportedly arranged for her to have a VIP ticket to watch him play in the Capital One Cup Final, which saw Sterling and his City team-mates beat Liverpool.
Devastated fans and music stars took to social media to pay tribute to the model under her final post in February 2022.
Musician NayNay wrote: “What a light u were, Your outer exterior matched your insides, so beautiful.
“I’m genuinely shocked and saddened you’re gone. Rest in eternal peace Tabby.”
“Heartbroken. A true angel – love you tabs – sending you love and light as you transition x,” said another.
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A third wrote: “Rest in peace beautiful soul.”
Despite her last post being over a year ago, Tabby had uploaded glam reels to her Insta story highlights just weeks ago before her shock death.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
