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Remembering Paul Walker 8 Years Later: E! News Rewind
Paul Walker's brother has honored him successful the astir heartwarming way.
Almost a decade after the Fast & Furious actor's shocking decease astatine property 40, his younger brother Cody Walker and woman Felicia named their newborn lad aft him.
A time aft their babe was calved connected April 30, they landed connected his name: Paul Barrett "Bear" Walker, Cody told People. A week later, Felicia shared the archetypal pic of her lad on Instagram, which showed his older member Colt Knox Walker, 2, holding him.
"This November volition people 10 years since we mislaid my brother, Paul," Cody told People, "and I conscionable felt present was the due time."
Cody—who besides shares daughter Remi Rogue Walker, 5, with his wife—is not the archetypal subordinate of the Walker household to transportation on the sanction of the precocious actor, who himself was named aft the brothers' dad.
Their older brother Caleb Walker, 45, besides honored the precocious star when helium and wife Stephanie named their eldest lad Maverick Paul Walker, who is present 5. The mates are besides parents to daughter Everly Grace Walker, 16 months.
"My brother, Caleb, and I are some done having children," Cody told People. "My brother, Paul, was Paul William Walker IV and that sanction goes backmost 4 generations. Within the family, helium went by 'little Paul' oregon 'Paul 4,' adjacent though helium rapidly outgrew our begetter successful height. It was important to maine to person that sanction transportation on."
The Walker brothers are not the lone ones who paid tribute to Paul with their kids' names. In 2015, Vin Diesel, Paul's Fast & Furious co-star, named his 3rd child, a daughter, Pauline.
Paul's household and friends person worked hard implicit the years to grant his bequest successful different ways arsenic well. After his death from injuries sustained successful a car crash, Cody and Caleb stepped successful to enactment arsenic his stand-ins and assemblage doubles for Furious 7.
They person since supported the cast at Fast & Furious events, portion Cody has besides reunited with the franchise's stars astatine the yearly FuelFest euphony and automotive festival, which he co-founded. This year's event—held June 3 astatine the Irwindale Speedway successful California—will springiness a information of the proceeds to Reach Out Worldwide, the foundation Paul founded, of which Cody serves arsenic CEO.
Cody told People helium sees Reach Out WorldWide "as a portion of Paul that helium near behind," adding, "It's important to truthful galore to spot that portion of his bequest unrecorded on."
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Paul is survived by a daughter, Meadow Rain Walker, who besides helps grant his bequest with her ain philanthropic work. The 24-year-old heads the Paul Walker Foundation, which is "is dedicated to spontaneous acts of goodwill that empower young radical and enactment the situation they unrecorded in."
Meadow has certainly remained adjacent with the Fast & Furious formed since her dad's death. Earlier this month, she joined Vin at the premiere of Fast X successful Italy and besides has a cameo successful the movie, released May 19. She told E! News astatine the lawsuit that she receives signs from her dad when she needs them the most.
"For me, it's numbers, 4 and 7 are my dad's favourite numbers," she said. "And I curse whenever I'm doubting thing oregon whenever I'm successful an statement with idiosyncratic oregon anything, I commencement seeing 4 and 7 everywhere. So I ever cognize that it's him."
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