Celebrities Who Tragically Lost Their Young Children | Rumour Juice

if you ask any parent about their worst nightmare they will answer without hesitation that it is losing their child this pain never goes away and no parent should ever endure such a horrible tragedy my wife is dead my daughter was dead and I wasn't sure how my sons were gonna make it sadly sometimes it does happen death doesn't care how successful or wealthy one is it just arrives claiming the most important person in their life today we take a look at the celebrities who lost their children through tragic circumstances eric clapton connor was 4 when in march 1991 eric clapton arrived at a new york apartment to collect a boy from his mother who had custody it was the first time the legendary musician had ever taken his son out anywhere by himself it was the birth of his son and his desire to be a good father that actually made Clapton return to sobriety he was the chief reason that I thought I went back to treatment that day was a new milestone for him as a dad the next morning as Clapton was due to arrive to pick up Connor for another day out tragedy struck the little boy fell out of an open window from the 53rd floor two days before his 46th birthday Clapton's had goodbye to his son at the funeral the musician expressed the grief over losing his child in the song tears in heaven which appeared on his unplugged album Keanu Reeves Keanu Farrelly called the humblest man in Hollywood has gone through a series of personal losses in his life one of those was the lost his child in the late 90s peanu met Jennifer the two instantly fell in love and soon Jennifer was already pregnant with their first daughter sadly the child they were so eagerly waiting for was born stillborn after eight months of pregnancy the strain put on the couple's relationship by the grief was believed to have resulted in their breakup several weeks later in 2001 Jennifer tragically died in a car accident speaking years later with Parade magazine about Jennifer's passing keanu confessed grief changes shape but it never ends people have a misconception that you can deal with it and say it's gone and I'm better they're wrong when the people you love are gone you're alone Mike Tyson it happened in 2009 Mike Tyson's daughter was peacefully playing on a treadmill at her home in Phoenix when all of a sudden she accidentally got tangled in a cord as soon as her older brother discovered a little Exodus with her neck caught in a cable hanging under the machines console he alerted his mom all the attempts to revive the girl turned out unsuccessful iron Mike who was considered to be one of the toughest men on the planet couldn't and still can't speak about his daughter's tragic death without tears in his eyes he confessed to doing cocaine for a week after her passing this interview became history when Tyson with no warning apparently unable to deal with his emotions any longer asked the reporter to leave I have to go because no time is enough time to get over the grief of losing a child John Travolta sixteen-year-old Jett Travolta was at the family's vacation home in the Bahamas when tragedy struck the teenager what an early age was diagnosed with a poorly understood syndrome had a seizure and hit his head on the back all the attempts to revive him were unsuccessful devastated John Travolta described the death of his son as quote the worst thing that's ever happened in my life [Music] but you know you you plan on a life that's a lot longer for your child and you always intend to go first according to the Saturday Night Fever star it was the Church of Scientology that helps the family deal with the loss 40 years it's been amazing I've saved other people's lives I've saved my own life several times in a recent development after more than ten years since the boys passing Travolta and his wife actress Kelly Preston took to social media to pay tribute to their eldest son and to celebrate what would have been his 28th birthday Sylvester Stalone when a parent loses a child there is no greater pain this agonizing loss will be felt for the rest of our lives sage was his first child and as the actor himself put it the center of his universe it's being friendly to people you know because being Stallone son they expect you to be you know this this pop man is the spoil you know you're not 36 year old sage was found dead by a housekeeper in his Los Angeles apartment the young Stallone who was reportedly engaged died of a heart attack in his first media appearance following the tragic passing of his son the actor stayed strong saying it was a horrible situation for all of them but expressing hope that time would heal the wounds Sylvester and sage did go through a rough patch in their relationship after his divorce with the boys mom but years later Stallone managed to restore it just to lose his son again pierce brosnan handsome talented famous with an incredible family when the last part of this equation gets shattered the others don't matter either this is what happened in the life of Pierce Brosnan he suffered the first of a string of devastating tragedies when his first wife Cassandra Harris lost her battle with ovarian cancer years later in a tragic development Charlotte who was Pearce's adopted daughter died at the age of 41 the same type of cancer that took away the life of her mother just last year I held a hand of my funny wonderful daughter Charlotte before she too died from this wretched inherited disease Charlotte the mum of two herself passed away days after marrying her partner heartbroken over the horrifying story repetition Brosnan would soon have to face new sad reality this time related to his adopted son Chris after spending years trying to save Chris who got hooked on cocaine and heroin after his mom's death the actor had to give up on that battle every now and then you can still come across headlines referring to Chris as Pierce Brosnan's estranged son even though James Bond is reserved in expressing his feelings in public he still speaks honestly about how painful it was to cut Chris off but he had no other choice I had to say go get busy living or get busy dying he has my prayers Bobby Brown the daughter of the singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown was found facedown and unresponsive in a bathtub in January 2015 the 22 year old spent six months in a coma before passing the family of Bobbi Kristina Brown accused her partner Nick Gordon of giving her a quote toxic cocktail Gordon died five years later at the age of 30 brown commenting on his young daughters passing revealed how his whole family was praying for six months for Bobbi Kristina to come out of a coma which unfortunately never happened he added but when God calls you he calls you the musician made a bitter joke referring to late Whitney Houston who called their girl up there her mother was not comfortable by herself I guess she just called my daughter with her prints the child of the famous musician was born in 1996 with a very rare genetic disorder called Pfeiffer syndrome and couldn't breathe without a ventilator the boy tragically died six days after he was born in her memoir the most beautiful my life with Prince his ex-wife dancer Maite Garcia wrote they brought the baby over to us he was curled on his side gasping shallow little gulps of air because there were no Lives to blink his eyes look too startled and dry I caught hold of his tiny hand saying over and over mama loves you Mama's here he lived for a week it's hard to have that life inside of you and it not continued still really hard she also told people in an interview that Prince might have never recovered from the shock and grief sadly in 2016 the musician himself died of an accidental drug overdose aged 57 Robert Plant the son of the musician died of a stomach virus back in 1977 he was just five years old the boy's condition worsened within 24 hours of diagnosis his mom called an ambulance but it was too late he died on the way to the hospital Roberts said that 1977 was quote the year it all stopped for me nothing could make it all right again and nothing ever will step by step with the support of the family he continued living one day after another he later dedicated several songs to his late son speaking about the tragedy in their family's life a couple of years ago Plante said that the song all my love was quote just paying tribute to the joy that he gave us as a family and in a crazy way still does occasionally Bill Cosby comedian Bill Cosby who is currently serving a term in prison over aggravated indecent assault lost two children his son Ennis and his daughter Enza Ennis was shot in the head in 1997 in Los Angeles while he was on winter break from his classes at Columbia University soon an 18 year old man was tried and convicted of first-degree murder and attempted robbery he was sentenced to life in prison the cosby family received a lot of support with numerous strangers leaving flowers on the spot where the killing took place then President Bill Clinton personally called Bill Cosby to offer condolences 20 years later the comedian's daughter would die from renal disease aged just 44 in her last year's enca was known for being supportive of her father during his sexual assault scandal she defended him saying the man portrayed in the media today is not who my father is the accusations against my father have been one-sided since the beginning the woman was said to have been buried next to her late brother Ennis Joe Biden the 47th vice president of the USA has faced a series of tragic deaths in his family in 1972 Biden's wife and their one-year-old daughter were killed in an automobile accident Amelia was driving with their three children when suddenly their car was hit by a trailer the couple's sons Hunter and beau suffered minor injuries but both nee Lea and Naomi didn't survive the call said my wife is dead my daughter was dead and wasn't sure how my sons were gonna make it in 2015 Biden lost beau due to brain cancer [Music]

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Length: 11min 40sec (700 seconds)

Published: Sun Jun 28 2020