The 45-year-old Sky Sports presenter shared the tragic news on Instagram, telling his 95,000 followers: “Life can feel very cruel. Last night Gemma’s dad’s life reached its end as Myeloma took its final toll.” Sharing a picture of his young son Ethan with his grandad, Simon Thomas continued: “It’s devastating for Rebecca who in 14 months has lost half of her family to #bloodcancer and heartbreaking for Ethan who only a month ago said, ‘Why do I keep losing everything I love?’ Now he’s lost the man with whom he had the most special of relationships — the man he called ‘Pompa’,” he wrote. The former Blue Peter host lost his wife Gemma to blood cancer in November 2017 when she was 40-years-old. More to follow…All rights reserved for this news site express.co.uk and under his responsibility