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Kirk Schwabe Dies as Taylor Swift Marries Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden, Wedding Draws

Kirk Schwabe, 69, Taylor Swift’s former teacher and later her security guard, dies of metastatic kidney cancer as Swift marries Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden in New York City; his family says his health declined rapidly and he entered hospice shortly before his death.The wedding draws about 1,000 guests, including Selena Gomez, Steven Spielberg, Beyonce, Jay Z, Brad Pitt, Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa and Tom Brady, features performances by Paul McCartney and Stevie Nicks and is officiated by Adam Sandler in a secret-garden–themed ceremony announced with billboards at the venue.Schwabe taught Swift criminal justice at Hendersonville High School, later worked as her bodyguard during her rise to fame and is remembered by family for treating Swift like a daughter and for expressing confidence in her choice of partner, though he did not live to see the wedding.
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