The Repair Shop's Suzie Fletcher has recalled the moment her late husband Jamie, known as Rob, 'accepted' his terminal illness. The show's resident leather and saddle expert, 63, quickly became popular after joining her brother Steve on the second season of the show, and credited her co-stars for helping her navigate grief.
![[The show's resident leather and saddle expert credited her co-stars for helping her navigate grief after her husband lost his battle to pancreatic cancer in 2013 aged 52]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/24/01/93445737-14223281-image-a-82_1735003535917.jpg)
The couple were married for 15 years until Rob suddenly died of pancreatic cancer in 2013, which she said came as a shock as they were unaware he was ill. Writing in her 2023 memoir The Sun Over The Mountains, Suzie said her husband became a different person after her fully accepted his fate and given up trying to fight the disease.
![[Suzie said that Rob became a different person after her fully accepted his fate and given up trying to fight the disease (pictured with brother Steve on the show)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/24/01/93445751-14223281-image-a-83_1735003999228.jpg)
'I saw the humiliation in his face. From that moment, I started to see a different look on his face. I've seen the same thing in other people who are terminally ill'. She continued: 'You see it in their eyes and you can trace it along their brow. It registered with me that this was a new beginning Rob. An acceptance'.
![[Speaking Lorraine back in 2021 Suzie revealed she hadn't grieved the loss at the time and came to terms with it while appearing on the hit BBC show and credited her co-stars for helping her mourn]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/24/01/90496967-14223281-It_comes_after_Suzie_revealed_Repair_Shop_show_bosses_often_edit-a-84_1735004053384.jpg)
The Repair Shop 's Suzie Fletcher has recalled the moment her late husband Jamie, known as Rob, 'accepted' his terminal illness. The show's resident leather and saddle expert credited her co-stars for helping her navigate grief after her husband lost his battle to pancreatic cancer in 2013 aged 52.
![[She said: 'The people who come together here, we care deeply about one another. If someone's not having a great day, we all rally around']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/24/01/51729797-14223281-_They_ve_become_my_family_The_Repair_Shop_s_Suzie_Fletcher_credi-a-85_1735004065888.jpg)
Suzie said that Rob became a different person after her fully accepted his fate and given up trying to fight the disease (pictured with brother Steve on the show). 'Until then he'd been fighting hard, but now he had crossed over that indiscernible line that divides living and letting go'.
