Football Player Loses Wife to Cancer One Month After Saying ‘I Do’

December 29th, 2011 - By Brande Victorian

Using a wheelchair to meet her groom at the end of the aisle, Keasha (Rutledge) Draft married the love of her life, 35-year-old football player Chris Draft, in a ceremony Nov. 27 in Atlanta.  Sadly, just one month later to the date, Keasha lost her battle to cancer and passed away Dec. 27.

Video of the couple’s ceremony and reception shows what an emotional and loving celebration their wedding day was as the bride shares a first dance with her husband, cuts the cake, and tosses the bouquet to guests who hope to find a love as strong as hers.

Chris Draft last played for the Washington Redskins in 2010 but dedicated much of his life to giving back to kids by participating in different service projects including his own Chris Draft Family Foundation, which empowers families to live healthy lifestyles. His friends have asked everyone to send prayers to the families as they grieve during this difficult time.

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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  • DEVA

    THATS DIVINE LOVE RIGHT THERE, MAY PEACE AND LOVE SURROUND THIS LOVELY COUPLE AND FAMILY

  • Dcheirs

    She is absolutly beautiful and you as a man did what some men only dream of doing You are truly a Man of Men Sir.You know you havent loss her Forever.GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!

  • Erikaflygirl

    This made me cry. God bless their family and my heart goes out to them.

  • Causticstorm

    Only on Madame Noire would you find a serious piece of offal calling a dead woman a “Ho” and using her death as an excuse to, SHOCKINGLY, berate black women. Can’t get a break even in death. My condolences to the family. Take Caribbean Offal out back and shoot him like the animal he is.

  • Ada

    I know we men have lots of standards to pick up a woman, and there’s
    one website that can almost meet all our different demands:
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    this; it worked for them, it worked for me; and i’m sure it’s gonna work for u,
    buddy!!

    I know we women have lots of
    standards to pick up a man, and there’s one website that can almost meet all
    our different demands:
    ( B-l-a-c-k-w-h-i-t-e- P-l-a-n–e-t. c-0-m ) my sisiter told me this; it worked
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    Could he NOT find a censored
    version? Grandma: Is this how we are supposed to bond?

  • Lovelygurl23

    This is what 1 Cor:13 was talking about. This is real love. Someone email this to Chilli.

  • http://www.facebook.com/marcia.mondie Marcia Mondie

    awww simply beautiful…I’m happy that God allowed them to get married and spend christmas together before he took her home. Praying for both families during this difficult time.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_4B3XVVGT3MCWIVLOFGBNOX2IQI Elle Hoover

    My gosh! This was so touching, in a world where hate is so rampant (and some of the comments above are proof) it was beautiful to watch two people in love, for richer or for poorer, through sickness and in health and til death did them apart, get married. My thoughts are with their family at this time… Keisha, It was nice to see that even through your suffering you were able to share such a BEAUTIFUL moment with your husband and family before you passed… R.I.P. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/Dnnaie Daniellé Georgina Heath

    I cried watching this, god bless their family.

  • DCNative

    Awwww my heart feeled with joy when I saw how she happy and how she had a wonderful time at her wedding. That’s what you call true LOVE!!!
    May god bless him, the family, and her friends. My prayers will be with them.

  • Tonya G

    To Mr. Draft:  Dear Sir:  I truly admire your spirit and undying lover you displayed for your wife Keasha…I hope you will find comfort in these words…Jehovah God has a wonderful promise in the bible you may want to research just for you….John 5:28, 29…a promise of the resurrection of those in memorial tombs (his unfallible memory)…since death is the wages for sin…Keasha is paid in ful…you have a hope of seeing her again……Tonya G  Bpt CT

  • nkinzi

    Why are you complaining about the cost of the wedding as if you were the one who paid for it. Concentrate on your empty wallet and think of ways to make it full as opposed to hating on the way people spend their money. Can’t even believe I have given you the time of day to try and tell your sorry self off.

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