What was Rob Ford’s cause of death?
John Tory succeeded him as mayor on December 1, 2014, while Ford regained his former seat. Ford received treatment for the cancer, and was able to return briefly to council, but died in March 2016 after chemotherapy was ineffective. In September 2014, he abandoned his bid for re-election when a tumor was discovered in his abdomen. Ford died from cancer in 2016 at the age of 46. Mayor of Mayhem gives the last word to Ford’s still loyal advisors.Personal life and death In 2015, Ford moved to Atlanta where he lived with his girlfriend Viviane Brazil. Ford died from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm on October 12, 2016, at a hospital in the Atlanta area. He was 52 years old.