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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Greg Evans

Pro wrestler recalls Taylor Swift’s sweet gesture amid his wife’s cancer battle

  • Professional wrestler Jeff Jarrett has revealed that Taylor Swift performed a private three-hour concert for his first wife, Jill Gregory, in December 2006 shortly before she died of cancer.
  • Swift, who grew up in Jarrett's hometown of Hendersonville, Tennessee, knew the family from her childhood.
  • What began as an intimate visit for Jarrett's daughters quickly expanded into a private gig for 45 people after Swift returned home to fetch her guitar.
  • Following Gregory's passing, Swift maintained contact with the family, bonding with Jarrett's daughters and even babysitting for them.
  • Jarrett said it was a “very cool relationship that developed”.

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