Republican Rep. Thomas Massie has announced his wife Rhonda has died in a heartbreaking social media post.

The Kentucky lawmaker revealed Friday morning that the mother of his four children and partner of 35 years had passed away.

A cause of death was not immediately known as tributes from his colleagues flooded in.

‘Yesterday my high school sweetheart, the love of my life for over 35 years, the loving mother of our 4 children, the smartest kindest woman I ever knew, my beautiful and wise queen forever, Rhonda went to Heaven,’ Massie wrote on social media.

‘Thank you for your prayers for our family in this difficult time.’

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Republican Rep. Thomas Massie has announced his wife Rhonda has died in heartbreaking social media post

The Kentucky lawmaker revealed Friday morning that the mother of his four children and partner of 35 years had passed away

Yesterday my high school sweetheart, the love of my life for over 35 years, the loving mother of our 4 children, the smartest kindest woman I ever knew, my beautiful and wise queen forever, Rhonda went to Heaven,’ Massie wrote on social media