Fetty Wap and more stars who lost children in 2021 Celebrities whose children died in 2021, died today, yesterday

Nothing is more heartbreaking than losing a child. Sadly, several celebrities have had to say goodbye to their babies this year. Keep reading to see which stars are grieving the loss of their kids in 2021, starting with this hitmaker… “Trap Queen” rapper Fetty Wap is mourning the death of 4-year-old Lauren Maxwell, his daughter with Lisa Pembroke, aka performer Turquoise Miami. Lauren passed away in Riverdale, Georgia, on June 24. According to TMZ, her death certificate indicates she died from a cardiac arrhythmia — an irregular heartbeat — caused by complications from congenital cardiac anomalies. A devastated Lisa — who on Aug. 5 took to Instagram to slam TMZ for posting the news, saying “that is not the full cause of her death” and noting that autopsy results were pending — announced Lauren’s passing on social media on Aug. 1, calling her daughter “my amazing, beautiful, funny, vibrant, loving, talented, smart and hardheaded princess mermaid Aquarius.” Two days later, Fetty Wap (real name: Willie Maxwell II) took to Instagram where he called his little girl his “mini me” and “my twin,” captioning a photo of Lauren, “I love you to the moon and back forever and ever bestfriend…” The grieving dad told fans on Instagram Live, “She’s good. My baby’s happy now.” The music star has five surviving children from previous relationships.

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“Black Dynamite” and “Spawn” actor Michael Jai White revealed in an interview with VladTV that hit the internet on Aug. 1 that his oldest son died from COVID-19 complications at 38 “a few months ago,” explaining (as reported by People magazine), “He was in the hospital for a while so it wasn’t immediate.” Michael’s son — a father of six — had also been dealing with substance abuse issues that further “compromised” his health amid his battle with the coronavirus. “Ultimately, when he got sick and went to the hospital, COVID was waiting for him… That was the knockout blow,” the “For Better of Worse” and “Arrow” actor said, adding that his son, whose name he didn’t share, had not been vaccinated.

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OWN TV host Dr. Laura Berman lost 16-year-old son Samuel Chapman in February. “My beautiful boy is gone. 16 years old. Sheltering at home. A drug dealer connected with him on Snapchat and gave him fentanyl laced Xanax or Percocet (toxicology will tell) and he overdosed in his room,” the relationship and intimacy therapist, who hosts “In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman” and the “Language of Love” podcast, wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of herself hugging her boy. “They do this because it hooks people even more and is good for business but It causes overdose and the kids don’t know what they are taking. My heart is completely shattered and I am not sure how to keep breathing. I post this now only so that not one more kid dies. We watched him so closely. Straight A student. Getting ready for college. Experimentation gone bad. He got the drugs delivered to the house. Please watch your kids and WATCH SNAPCHAT especially. That’s how they get them.” Laura has been a fierce activist for raising awareness of the opioid crisis following Samuel’s death. 

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In April, retired NBA star Scottie Pippen announced that his oldest child, Antron, had passed away at 33. “I’m heartbroken to share that yesterday, I said goodbye to my firstborn son Antron. The two of us shared a love for basketball and we had countless conversations about the game. Antron suffered from chronic asthma and if he hadn’t had it, I truly believe he would’ve made it to the NBA,” Scottie wrote on Instagram along a slideshow of photos of his son. “He never let that get him down, though — Antron stayed positive and worked hard, and I am so proud of the man that he became. Please keep his mom, [my first wife] Karen [McCollum], and all of his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers. A kind heart and beautiful soul gone way too soon. I love you, son, rest easy until we meet again.” Antron, whose cause of death has not been disclosed, was the oldest of the basketball star’s eight children. Scottie also lost another child, Tyler — a twin to Taylor — nine days after former girlfriend Sonya Roby have birth in 1994.

In April, Ashley Cain, who starred on MTV’s “The Challenge,” and girlfriend Safiyya Vorajee lost 8-month-old daughter Azaylia following a 6-month battle with a rare and aggressive form of leukemia. “I will always hold you in my heart until I can hold you again in heaven,” Ashley captioned a heartbreaking post sharing the sad news on Instagram. Safiyya called Azaylia “my Angel my heartbeat my soul” in another post. “RIP my precious baby, you will always be with me like a handprint on my heart.”

CNN correspondent Rene Marsh in April announced that her son, Blake Payne, had died from brain cancer. He was just 2 years old. “In your 25 months on earth you taught me how much strength I had stored up in reserve that I didn’t know I had. You taught me endurance. You taught me a depth of love I have never experienced. You inspired me to keep going when I wanted to give up. You helped me prioritize what is truly important in this life,” Rene wrote on Instagram alongside a slideshow of photos of her toddler, who was diagnosed in 2019. “I am forever changed because of you, my son. I feel blessed and honored to have been your mom. I wish we had more time together but I’m grateful for the time we had.” She went on to explain, “I didn’t just lose you Blakey, I lost all the dreams and hopes that a mom has for a son. I lost my motherhood and I’m mourning it all.” Rene alsp said she is “dedicated to fighting pediatric cancer for the rest of my life. I will do it not just to spare other parents from this unbearable pain but I will do it to forever honor you, Blake. Your life was not in vain my sweet angel.”








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