Playboy model Tabby Brown is laid to rest in traditional Muslim funeral
Model Tabby Brown died from a heart attack, friends claim, and her traditional Muslim funeral had already taken place, MailOnline can exclusively reveal.
Tragic Tabby, 38, who starred in The Bachelor and who dated footballers Mario Balotelli and Raheem Sterling, passed away earlier this week and her death was confirmed by her agent.
She had been living in the Queensway area of west London after having spent the last few years in Los Angeles where she was working on glamour shoots.
A source close to her agent Richard Pascoe told MailOnline: ‘It was her funeral on Wednesday. She was Muslim so the burial was very quick as per their tradition.
‘She died from a heart attack. That’s all we know for the moment. It’s very sad. She was loved and liked by so many people.’
Tattoo artist Daniel Artwin Casone, said: ‘She was one of my closest friends and I just can’t believe it.
‘She didn’t drink or smoke or, do drugs and she was really fit and healthy but apparently she died from a heart attack.
‘We had some great times together and I did photoshoots for her in Spain a few years ago. The last thing I heard she was living in west London and when we last spoke she was in really good spirits.’
Tributes poured in for Tabby who also worked for Playboy and appeared in advertisements for Canon, Virgin Atlantic, AXE and Lynx as well as Channel 5‘s reality TV show. She also featured in music videos for Snoop Dogg, Dizzee Rascal and B.O.B.
Devastated friends and shocked fans took to social media to pay tribute to the star with musician NayNay writing: ‘What a light you were, your outer exterior matched your insides, so beautiful. I’m genuinely shocked and saddened you’re gone. Rest in eternal peace Tabby.’
Influencer and The Only Way is Essex Star Vas J Morgan added: ‘My heart is broken’.
Just six weeks ago the beautiful model made her final movements online, seen in an Instagram video happily posing in a public bathroom. Bereaved friends and family are now paying tribute to the star under her last Instagram photo, posted in February 2022.
One wrote: ‘Heartbroken. A true angel – love you tabs – sending you love and light as you transition.’
Another said: ‘Rest in peace beautiful, this definitely came as a shock. My sincere condolences to your family and friends.’
A third added: ‘RIP Tabby, you will be truly missed. You were one of a kind.’
‘You were generous, beautiful, intelligent and a go getter, nothing could stop you from reaching your goal. Love you Tabby RIP, proud of you, another said, while a fifth added: ‘RIP Tabby, you will be truly missed. You were one of a kind.’