Madeleine McCann 's grandma has tragically died from coronavirus, her family has revealed. Eileen McCann passed away aged 80 last month just weeks before German police broke bombshell news that they believe Madeleine is dead and are investigating a new prime suspect over her abduction and murder.Widow Eileen - the mother of Madeleine's heart specialist dad Gerry - said shortly after her granddaughter was snatched in 2007: "When I lost my husband John two years ago I thought that my world had collapsed."But losing Madeleine is 10 times worse.''The former shop assistant and cleaner from Glasgow, who spent many months in Portugal’s Praia da Luz supporting and comforting her devastated son, daughter-in-law Kate and their toddler twins Sean and.