Sahara Ray’s sister pens emotional tribute as new details about her death revealed: ‘Force of nature’
Sahara Ray’s younger sister has penned an emotional tribute to the Australian model, just days after she died of a suspected overdose.
The 34-year-old died in a Los Angeles hospital earlier this week with her sister Ruby Ray describing her as a “force of nature” in a heartbreaking post on Instagram.
Sahara Ray’s sister Ruby has penned a heartbreaking tribute for her sister after her tragic death. Instagram/@rubessray
“My beautiful big sister, Sahara,” Ruby’s lengthy post started on Instagram alongside a carousel of images.
“The most vivacious, intelligent, hilarious, kind, empathetic and breathtakingly beautiful soul. A force of nature. A light so bright that this world feels impossibly dimmer without her in it.
“Sahara has moved from this life into another, and I am left trying to comprehend how someone so full of life can no longer be here to live it.”
Ruby explained that she always looked up to her sister, and in her eyes “she was everything extraordinary about being human”.
“She was, to me, the most incredible person to ever walk this earth,” the post continued.
“How cruel it is to love someone so deeply and have nowhere for that love to go. To have a lifetime of memories behind you, but no more tomorrows together.
“I don’t think there are words in any language capable of holding the weight of this heartbreak. I don’t know how to make sense of a world that keeps turning when mine feels as though it has stopped.
“God, grief hurts. It is the most excruciating, all-consuming pain I have ever been doused in. A pain that reaches into the deepest parts of your soul, into places you never knew existed, and leaves an emptiness that no words could ever begin to describe.
“Sahara has moved from this life into another, and I am left trying to comprehend how someone so full of life can no longer be here to live it.” Instagram/@rubessray
“And beneath all this grief, all this disbelief, all this unbearable heartache, is the simplest, most devastating truth.
“I just want my big sister. I want more time. More laughter. More conversations. More of her.
“If love alone could have kept you here, Sahara, you would have lived a thousand lifetimes. I will spend the rest of mine loving you.”
Ruby opened up about her grief, and added that she just wants her sister. Instagram/@rubessray
Sahara died at age 34 in a Los Angeles hospital, with some reports that she suffered a fentanyl overdose. Instagram/@rubessray
Ruby’s post featured images of the sisters over their lives, including some snaps from when they were kids.
The tribute has been flooded with messages of support and condolences for Ruby and her family as they try to come to grips with the tragic loss of Sahara.
Saraha’s official cause of death is yet to be publicly released, however there are reports that she suffered a fentanyl overdose.
The Sahara Ray Swim swimwear founder died just nine months after she welcomed her daughter, Snow Ray Dow.
She had stepped away from the public eye in recent years, making her last appearance three years ago.
Sahara attended the Ashton Michael RTW + 10-Year Anniversary Show: “Punk Tsugi” in Los Angeles in November 2023. Per photos from the event, she was seated next to her then-boyfriend Mod Sun.
