{"id":4163,"date":"2025-07-04T17:09:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T17:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=4163"},"modified":"2025-07-04T17:09:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T17:09:53","slug":"she-said-i-do-just-10-days-ago-now-shes-a-widow-the-tragic-death-of-diogo-jota-leaves-wife-rute-cardoso-grieving-in-her-wedding-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=4163","title":{"rendered":"She Said \u201cI Do\u201d Just 10 Days Ago\u2026 Now She\u2019s a Widow. The Tragic Death of Diogo Jota Leaves Wife Rute Cardoso Grieving in Her Wedding Dress"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Footballer\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Diogo Jota<\/span>\u00a0published his final social media post less than 24 hours before his tragic death in a car crash aged 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Liverpool<\/span>\u00a0star is believed to have\u00a0been travelling in a car in northern Spain with his brother Andre, 26, who is also a footballer and feared dead.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Jota\u2019s death tragically came just two weeks after he married his childhood sweetheart and mother of his three children, Rute Cardoso, in Porto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">His final post on Instagram, which was published just 18 hours before Mail Sport reported the news, showed a heartwarming video of he and Cardoso tying the knot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The video was tragically captioned: \u2018A day we will never forget.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Jota also posted to social media platform X for the final time five days ago to celebrate his new marriage, posting, \u2018June\u00a022, 2025. Yes, forever,\u2019 with a series of wedding photos<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>12<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Diogo Jota published his final social media post less than 24 hours before his tragic death<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flashnewswave.com\/lehieu\/it-wasnt-just-a-performance-it-was-a-moment-that-hit-straight-to-the-heart-music-icons-joe-walsh-jeff-lynne-and-dhani-harrison-stepped-onto-the-stage-and-delivered-a-soul-stirring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c062c1d164f380d6\" class=\"blkBorder img-share alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/03\/10\/99961327-14804873-image-a-62_1751533642894.jpg\" alt=\"The final video which was shared to Instagram was captioned: 'A day we will never forget'\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>12<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The final video which was shared to Instagram was captioned: \u2018A day we will never forget\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Jota described himself as the luckiest man in the world in an interview released on Wednesday after the couple walked down the aisle in Portugal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The crash occurred on the A-52 in the province of Zamora. The road in Spain is a key route taken by drivers leaving northern Portugal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Emergency services in the Castilla and Leon region confirmed the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018The 1-1-2 Castilla y Le\u00f3n operations room received several calls reporting a vehicle accident at Km. 65 of the A-52, in the municipality of Cernadilla, Zamora. A car was reported to have been involved in an accident and the vehicle was on fire,\u2019 a statement read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u20181-1-2 notified the Zamora Traffic Police, the Zamora Provincial Council Fire Brigade, and the Sacyl Emergency Coordination Center (CCU) of this accident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018From there, a Medical Emergency Unit (UME) and the Primary Care Medical Staff (MAP) from the Mombuey Health Center were sent, who confirmed the death of two people on the scene.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">His death was confirmed by Pedro Proenca,\u00a0 head of the\u00a0Portuguese Football Federation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He said in a statement: \u2018The Portuguese Football Federation and all of Portuguese football are completely devastated by the deaths of Diogo Jota and Andr\u00e9 Silva, this morning, in Spain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"moduleFull mol-video\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div id=\"v-1963984755573633955\" class=\"vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col sport\">\n<div id=\"vjs_video_398\" class=\"video-js vjs-default-skin vjs-paused vjs-controls-enabled mol-empty-playlist mol-fe-animated-preview mol-fe-vjs-full-size-min vjs-visually-ready vjs-user-inactive\" data-opts=\"{&quot;linkBaseURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-14804873\/Diogo-Jotas-heartbreaking-final-post-social-media-Liverpool-star-dies-aged-28-tragic-car-crash.html#v-1963984755573633955&quot;,&quot;isMobile&quot;:false,&quot;original&quot;:false,&quot;duration&quot;:30000,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/video\/mol\/2025\/07\/03\/1963984755573633955\/1024x576_MP4_1963984755573633955.mp4&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;MailOnline&quot;,&quot;playerId&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Liverpool star Diogo Jota dies in tragic car crash&quot;,&quot;preload&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;initialVideo&quot;:true,&quot;thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/03\/10\/99962773-0-image-a-11_1751536544101.jpg&quot;,&quot;poster&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/03\/10\/99962773-0-image-a-12_1751536545301.jpg&quot;,&quot;syndicationService&quot;:null,&quot;shortURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/mol.im\/a\/14804873#v-1963984755573633955&quot;,&quot;plugins&quot;:{&quot;social-share&quot;:{&quot;embedUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/embed\/video\/3469449.html&quot;},&quot;autoplay-next-video&quot;:{&quot;videos&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/api\/player\/3469449\/related-videos.json&quot;,&quot;countdown_time&quot;:10},&quot;ads-setup&quot;:{&quot;videoAdServerUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ads?sz=[size]&amp;iu=%2F5765%2Fdm.video%2Fdm_video_sport&amp;ciu_szs=&amp;impl=s&amp;gdfp_req=1&amp;env=vp&amp;output=xml_vast3&amp;unviewed_position_start=1&amp;url=[referrer_url]&amp;correlator=[timestamp]&quot;,&quot;adsEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;adsCancelTimeout&quot;:15000,&quot;screen&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:636,&quot;height&quot;:358}},&quot;sources&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/api\/player\/1963984755573633955\/video-sources.json&quot;},&quot;flyout&quot;:{&quot;viewportOffset&quot;:0.4,&quot;switchBack&quot;:true,&quot;forceFlyout&quot;:{&quot;active&quot;:false,&quot;muted&quot;:true,&quot;switchBack&quot;:false}},&quot;tracking&quot;:{&quot;channelShortName&quot;:&quot;sport&quot;,&quot;sponsored&quot;:false,&quot;referenceId&quot;:3469449,&quot;trackingType&quot;:&quot;embedded&quot;},&quot;animated-preview&quot;:{&quot;displayName&quot;:null,&quot;frames&quot;:99,&quot;width&quot;:636,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/preview\/mol\/2025\/07\/03\/5666116131506242014\/636x382_JPG-SINGLE_5666116131506242014.jpg&quot;,&quot;fps&quot;:0,&quot;data-video&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/preview\/mol\/2025\/07\/03\/5666116131506242014\/636x382_MP4_5666116131506242014.mp4&quot;,&quot;data-frame-height&quot;:358,&quot;data-frame-width&quot;:636,&quot;height&quot;:358},&quot;related-videos&quot;:{&quot;videos&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/api\/player\/3469449\/related-videos.json&quot;,&quot;videoChannel&quot;:&quot;sport&quot;,&quot;showUpNextPanel&quot;:false}},&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;1963984755573633955&quot;,&quot;descr&quot;:&quot;Liverpool star Diogo Jota has died following a car crash in Spain. 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