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Tom Ford Loses Fashion Journalist Husband Richard Buckley

Renowned fashion journalist Richard Buckley is dead. Richard who is the husband of fashion icon Tom Ford passed away peacefully from natural causes at their Los Angeles home on Sunday 19th September 2021.

Tom Ford Loses Fashion Journalist Husband Richard Buckley
From L-R Tom Ford and Richard Buckley

A statement from the family announced the death reads:

“It is with great sadness that Tom Ford announces the death of his beloved husband of 35 years, Richard Buckley. Richard passed away peacefully at their home in Los Angeles last night with Tom and their son Jack by his side. He died of natural causes after a long illness.”

Tom Ford, 60, originally met Richard Buckley, 72, at a New York fashion show in 1986. They wedded in 2014 shortly after same-s*x marriage was legalized in the U.S.

They welcomed their son, Jack, who is turning 9 on Thursday 23rd Sepember, into their lives in 2012. He was born via a surrogate.

The couple met when Ford was just 25 and Buckley was 38. Ford previously described the encounter as ‘love at first sight.

According to Ford, he and Buckley were riding in a New York elevator together and had an instant connection. Ford opened up on how he met Buckley during a 2016 television interview reported on by People Magazine:

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“I am an intuitive person, but also a rational person, and we were in an elevator and we went down about 10 floors and Richard was patting his eyes and talking a lot. And I remember just sort of standing back and looking him up and down, taking him in and by the time that elevator landed on the ground floor, I was like. You’re the one; that’s it; Click! Sold. Our eyes locked and within a month we were living together. We have been together ever since”.

He claims by the end of the ride, he knew he had found the man he would spend the rest of his life with.

Three years later, in 1989, Buckley was diagnosed with throat cancer and underwent surgery.

Richard worked with several world-renown publications including Women’s Wear Daily, Vanity Fair, Mirabella, Italian Vogue, and Vogue Hommes International where he served as editor in chief.

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