Ben Rathbun for 90 Day Fiance / Discovery
Viewers first met Rathbun on the fifth season of the prequel in 2021 and followed his journey to marrying Mahogany Roca, a Peruvian woman 30 years his junior.
According to TMZ, Roca was present at his bedside when he died on Monday morning at home, having been diagnosed with stage-four stomach cancer at the end of last year.
She wrote on Instagram: “I love you more than anyone, I love you forever and ever and ever. I’m crying writing this but I still don’t know how tell internet about his privacy life and my privacy life.
“Guys he was a saint, he was a real Christian before he pass, he made peace will life and Gos and everyone, he was a peace maker, a child of God, he love life, he love love life, an angel in real person, in not lying.
“No one can’t talk bad, Anymore! He was and is INNOCENT OF EVERYTHING. This is my true I’m not talking for the law. Just for me, HE IS AN INNOCENT PERSON! Please, for my peace! No more speculation about his life. Was perfect, it doesn’t matter his past. His present was a real child of God.”
Rathbun is survived by wife Roca and his four children from a previous marriage.
