{"id":785685,"date":"2026-07-07T08:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T08:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/785685\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T08:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T08:51:09","slug":"renata-ford-wife-of-former-toronto-mayor-rob-ford-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/785685\/","title":{"rendered":"Renata Ford, wife of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, dies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Renata Ford ran as a candidate in Toronto for the People\u2019s Party of Canada in the 2019 federal election, finishing in fourth place.Chris Young\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Renata Ford, the wife of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford and sister-in-law to Ontario Premier Doug Ford, has died.<\/p>\n

The Premier confirmed the news Monday in a brief statement.<\/p>\n

He says the whole family is hurting for Renata Ford\u2019s children and that they\u2019re asking for privacy.<\/p>\n

Renata Ford ran as a candidate in Toronto for the People\u2019s Party of Canada in the 2019 federal election, finishing in fourth place.<\/p>\n

The run came during her lawsuit against the Premier alleging that he mishandled the estate of his brother Rob after his death in 2016.<\/p>\n

Renata Ford accused Doug Ford of causing financial harm to her and her two children, a claim the Premier has denied.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy heart breaks for Stephanie and Dougie. They\u2019ve been through so much at such young ages, and losing their mom is incredibly painful,\u201d the Premier said in the statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur whole family is hurting for them. We ask that people respect their privacy during this very difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Renata Ford ran as a candidate in Toronto for the People\u2019s Party of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,44,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-785685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-news","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}