Inside Ed Sheeran's hidden battles - wife's cancer scare, tragic loss and copyright trial

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Ed Sheeran has been no stranger to hard times in recent years as the star opens up about his mental health battles in a new four-part documentary which airs today.The new Disney+ series, The Sum Of It All, was originally due to explore his upcoming fifth album Subtract which is set to be released at the end of this week, but plans for the film changed after the singer was hit with a series of a tragic events.The British singer-songwriter, 32, has recently spoke of his wife Cherry Seaborn's heartbreaking cancer diagnosis while she was pregnant with their second child last year.Tragedy struck Sheeran again when he lost two of his close pals in 2022 to sudden heart attacks and struggled with suicidal thoughts as a result of his grief.On top of all this, the father-of-two is currently in the midst of a legal battle over his song Thinking Out Loud in which he is accused of copying Marvin Gaye's legendary R&B song "Lets Get It On".Here we take a closer look at Sheeran's recent mental health battles after dealing with his wife's cancer scare, the loss of his two close friends and his legal troubles in the music industry.

Ed's wife Cherry Seaborn, 30, was diagnosed with cancer in February 2022 while she was six months pregnant with the couple's second daughter, Jupiter.

The singer shocked fans when he revealed in March 2023 that his wife had been receiving treatment for a tumour in her arm in an Instagram post to promote his album Subtract.The type of cancer Cherry had and how the diagnosis came about has not been disclosed.

The couple, who both grew up in Suffolk and have known each other since they were 11 years old, open up about the terror of not knowing if Cherry would survive in the new documentary.At the time of her