Stella McCartney Leads Tributes as Fashion Industry Mourns Tom Ford’s Late Husband Richard Buckley

Kaitlyn Frey

Tue, 21 September 2021, 9:40 am·5-min read

Stella McCartney is one of many mourning the loss of fashion designer Tom Ford‘s late husband Richard Buckley. The renowned fashion editor and journalist died on Sunday of natural causes after a long illness.

McCartney, the godmother to Buckley and Ford’s son Alexander John “Jack” Buckley Ford, 8, posted a selfie with Buckley along with a touching tribute honoring his memory. “To my dear friend Tom and my beautiful godson Jack… It is with the deepest sadness that I speak of the stunning Richard’s passing. What a gentle man; grace and charm filled the room when he was in it,” McCartney, 50, wrote.

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“His intellect and passion for knowledge always blew me away, and the sparkle in his eyes dove so deep into your heart each time you were blessed enough to feel it. To call Richard a dear and beloved friend is a privilege, and to know the huge hole left in your lives fills me with deep, deep sadness,” the designer and daughter of Linda and Paul McCartney continued. “He was so loved, so respected and so madly and passionately dedicated to you, Tom and Jack, that his life was fully complete.”

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