Children of Bodom star Alexi Laiho died last week at home in Helsinki.
According to his label Napalm, the guitarist and singer passed away, aged 41, after suffering 'long-term health issues.'
And just weeks before his death, he and wife Kelli Wright-Laiho celebrated their third wedding anniversary.
Grieving Kelli - who met musician Alexi in 2016 and went on to date him for eight months before he proposed - married Alexi in December 2017, and in December 2020 she took to social media to lavish praise on her husband as they marked the relationship milestone.
She uploaded a series of selfies onto her Instagram page to celebrate the special day.
In one snap, redhead Kelli can be seen sipping on a glass of fizz as she wraps her arm around Alexi.
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The doting wife penned next to the post: "3 years married yesterday. Eternity and beyond to go my Immortal Beloved."
In another snap, shared two weeks ago, the smitten couple share a kiss in front of the camera.
Kelli wrote alongside the romantic photo: "If you believe in someone and they believe in you right back, you can do any F**KIN thing in the world” @alexilaiho.official #FACT #laiho #proof #romantichusband."
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Alexi's tragic death was announced in a statement from his bandmates in Bodom After Midnight.
It said: "It is with heavy hearts and great sadness that we have to announce the passing of Alexi Laiho. We are absolutely devastated and heartbroken for the sudden loss of our dear friend and band member. "
Kelli said: "Alexi was the most loving and magnificent husband and father. Our hearts are eternally broken."
Alexi formed Finnish melodic death metal band Children Of Bodom in 1993, with the group going on to become of Finland's best selling acts of all time before splitting in 2019.
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The group recorded ten studio albums and two live albums and scored chart positions on the Billboard 200 in America.
They held their last concert - A Chapter Called: Children of Bodom - in Helsinki in 2019 before disbanding.
Alexi and bandmate Daniel Freyberg continued as Bodom After Midnight in 2020 - along with Paradise Lost drummer Waltteri Väyrynen and bassist Mitja Toivonen, who played with Santa Cruz with touring keyboardist Lauri Salomaa completing the line-up.
They recorded three songs and shot one music video which will be released later on this year posthumously.
After setting up the supergroup, Alexi reflected on how his life had changed.
"I have at least learned to keep better care of myself. I kind of f***ing nutter that I learned almost everything through the hard way. It took a long time to realize that a person also needs rest and recharging batteries. Otherwise there will be a crash," he told Ilta-Sanomat in 2019.
In 2012 Children of Bodom had to cancel two European shows when Alexi as taken to hospital.
In a statement at the time the band said: "Alexi was rushed to the Oslo hospital earlier this evening with extreme stomach pain."
Days later they shared another update: "This is not an easy letter for us to write. Alexi is suffering from a serious infection. He is still in hospital in Oslo under supervision of the doctors and we don’t know yet when they will release him."
Alexi also played guitar for a number of other bands including Sinergy, The Local Band, Thy Serpent and Impaled Nazarene.
In 2011 he was ranked in the top 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time by Guitar World, who also praised him as one of the 50 fastest guitarists in the world.