Playboy model and Raheem Sterling's ex-girlfriend Tabby Brown dies aged 38

17 October 2023 , 06:44

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Tabby Brown has died aged 38

Top model Tabby Brown has died aged just 38, it's been announced.

The former Playboy star dated Raheem Sterling and Mario Balotelli and had also appeared on Channel 5's The Bachelor. She also modelled for Cosmopolitan and ELLE and appeared in ads for brands including Canon, Virgin Atlantic, AXE and Lynx.

Tabby, who had a masters degree in marketing, also made a name for herself in the music industry having appeared in videos for Snoop Dogg, B.O.B and Dizzee Rascal.

Her cause of death has been announced, but the sad news was confirmed by her manager.

Tabby was a successful model (TABBY BROWN)

She previously dated Raheem Sterling (CameraSport via Getty Images)

Tributes have flooded in with musician, NayNay writing: "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." Former The Only Way Is Essex star Vas J Morgan penned: "My heart is broken."

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She is said to have met Balotelli at a nightclub in 2011 before they went on to find love. However, their romance was short-lived and they split seven months later. Later she was spotted with Chelsea forward Raheem Sterling in 2016.

While both Sterling and Tabby kept quiet about their relationship, she previously opened up to the Mirror about her love life with Balotelli.

Speaking in 2013, she told us: "I really fell for Mario – against my better judgment. 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.

"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."

The Mirror has contacted her manager who previously confirmed her death to The Sun.

Daniel Bird