Gary Speed’s widow finds love again with millionaire property tycoon 2 years after second husband died from brain cancer
GARY Speed's widow has found love again with a millionaire property tycoon - two years after her second husband died from brain cancer.
Louise, 53, has moved in with Welsh businessman Andrew Dickens - opening a property firm together.
The happy news comes after Louise's second husband Quinton Bird died from a brain tumour just six months after they married in 2021.
Quinton had helped Louise end years of loneliness after her childhood sweetheart Gary Speed took his own life in 2011.
Louise and football star Gary first went out as teenagers in Flintshire, north Wales.
Gary played for Leeds, Everton and Newcastle before he was appointed Wales manager in 2011.
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But later that year Gary, 42, was found dead at the couple's Cheshire home.
Their sons Eddie and Tommy were just 14 and 13 when they lost their father.
Louise and Andrew have set up home at his farmhouse near Wrexham in north Wales.
The couple have jetted off for a romantic holiday together in the south of France.
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Andrew, 45, told the : "Funnily enough we are from the same small village in north Wales.
"We only lived a few hundred yards from each other. It was only in recent years that we became good friends."
A relative said: "Louise and Andrew have been together a while now - they make a lovely couple."
Louise has moved in with Andrew two years after losing her second husband Quinton Bird to brain cancer.
Quentin died from the aggressive disease only six months after tying the knot with Louise at a Cheshire castle in November 2021.
Guests at the wedding in November 2021 included Gary's former Newcastle teammate Alan Shearer.