ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Matrix Midwest) - The wife of CITY SC midfielder Eduard Löwen has passed away after a two-year battle with cancer, the club announced Monday.
Ilona Löwen passed away Monday morning. Eduard Löwen announced Ilona Löwen’s cancer diagnosis in May 2024.
“Kind of out of nowhere, my wife has had serious health issues,” Eduard Löwen said in May 2024. “It got worse and worse, and she ended up having a surgery. The truth is now that my wife has cancer. I want to be very open about that because, at a certain point, people will know.”
Eduard Löwen took an extended absence from the team in 2024 due to the diagnosis.
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