- The two-time world champion shared news on Tuesday
- Fanning’s brother Edward died late last month.
- Edward was the third brother she lost in the last 25 years.
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Australian surfing icon Mick Fanning and his fiancée Breeana Randall announced the birth of their daughter just weeks after the two-time world champion’s world was turned upside down by the death of his brother Edward.
Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, Fanning posted an adorable photo of her new arrival accompanied by the simple caption: ‘Lyla Skye Fanning 4/4/24.’
Lyla has Arabic and Hebrew origins and can be translated as ‘night’, ‘dark’ or ‘dark beauty’.
The couple’s son, Xander Dean, was born in August 2020 and they announced they were expecting Lyla last December.
Fanning has revealed the arrival of her daughter Lyla Skye (pictured) on Instagram after she was born on April 4.
The surfing icon is pictured with his fiancee Breeana Randall and their son Xander, who was born in August 2020.
Lyla’s arrival comes just days after Fanning (pictured with Randall) was rocked by the terrible news that her older brother Edward had died in Madagascar.
Their arrival comes just after Fanning’s older brother Edward died after contracting an infection while working as a surf guide in Madagascar.
The shocking news came after the death of Mick’s older brother Peter in 2015, and another brother, Sean, who died in a car crash in Coolangatta in 1998, when the former world champion was just 17 years old.
The 42-year-old revealed the depth of his devastation in an emotional social media post shortly after the tragedy came to light.
“Ed, I love you my brother,” he began. ‘You taught me a lot over the years about everything life can bring. The good and the bad you were my teacher. You introduced us all to surfing, the joy and freedom of riding a wave.
‘The meaning of going to the ends of the earth to find waves or follow a passion with the belief that surfing could be the ultimate job. As the years passed, you drifted in and out of the ocean, but your raw talent would always shine.
Edward Fanning (pictured left with Mick) is the third brother the surfing great has lost in tragic circumstances in the last 25 years.
The 42-year-old appears at a beachside memorial for Edward on April 6, just two days after Lyla came into the world.
‘How far you ended up teaching kids the joy of riding a wave. Without you I’m not sure what the world would have made of me, so thank you.
‘Ed, you had the biggest heart and were too loyal for your own good. Always standing up for the helpless and caring for those who needed help. You gave everyone everything you had, and if you didn’t have it, you would still give it to them.’
More to come…