Showband star Dickie Rock’s wife Judy passes away aged 75 due to Covid

Judy Rock, the wife of Irish showband legend Dickie Rock, passed away last night in Dublin.

Mrs Rock (75) was being treated at St Vincent’s Hospital for several weeks after contracting Covid-19, but she sadly died yesterday evening.

It comes as last month both Dickie and Judy contracted Covid-19.

Dickie said at the time that he was unwell and suffering with flu-like symptoms, but he recovered safely at home.

However, Judy required hospital treatment and was eventually taken into the intensive care unit.

Speaking to the Irish Sun then, Dickie said : “Judy was taken away in an ambulance.

“It’s very dangerous getting something like this at her age, and she wasn’t eating. She got really bad, they rushed her in.”

A person close to the family said the Dublin singer is “devastated by the loss” of his wife of over 50 years, the Irish Independent reports.

Dickie and Judy met in 1965 and married a year later. They share five children.

In 2020, Judy was in the hospital as she underwent a knee replacement in the Beacon Hospital under surgeon and former Olympic swimmer Gary O’Toole, before spending weeks recuperating in Clontarf orthopaedic hospital.

Dickie spoke at the time of how difficult it was not to see her.

“All these things go through your mind,” Dickie told RTE’s Brendan O’Connor.

“I was very worried about her because you never know what’s going to happen with an anaesthetic.”

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