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Regina King's Son Ian Alexander Jr. Dead astatine 26
Regina King is honoring her precocious lad Ian Alexander Jr.
One year aft his passing, the Oscar winner shared a moving tribute to her lone kid connected what would person been his 27th birthday.
"January 19th is Ian's Worthday," Regina wrote connected Instagram. "As we inactive process his carnal absence, we observe his presence. We are each successful antithetic places connected the planet…so is Ian. His tone is the thread that connects us."
In the first, her archetypal since his death, the actress shared a video of a entity lantern burning agleam arsenic it floated done the night.
"Of people orangish is your favourite color…Its the occurrence and the calm," she continued. "I spot you successful everything I breath. My implicit favourite happening astir myself is being ….Regina the parent of Ian the GodKing. Continue to radiance bright, my guiding light."
Ian died by termination soon aft his 26th day successful January 2022.
"Our household is devastated astatine the deepest level by the nonaccomplishment of Ian," Regina, who shared her lad with her ex-husband Ian Alexander Sr., said successful portion of a connection to E! News astatine the time. "He is specified a agleam airy who cared truthful profoundly astir the happiness of others. Our household asks for respectful information during this backstage time. Thank you."
The If Beale Street Could Talk prima made her archetypal reddish carpet quality since his passing successful June, attending the Filming Italy Festival successful Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy wherever she received the Women Power Award.
Ian often joined his parent astatine grant shows and different events.
"Usually radical volition inquire maine like, 'What's it similar having Regina King beryllium your mother?'" helium told Ryan Seacrest during an E! interview astatine the 2019 Golden Globes. "She's conscionable a ace mom, really. Like, she doesn't truly fto atrocious enactment days oregon thing travel backmost and ruin the clip that we have. So, it's truly awesome to person a parent that...I tin bask spending clip with and each that."
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Of course, Regina cheered him connected successful his vocation arsenic a musician, too, sharing a "proud ma post" aft Ian, who performed nether the sanction Desduné, released his debut azygous "Work It Out" successful April 2021. He reflected connected her emotion successful a tribute station connected her day successful Jan. 2021.
"To beryllium capable to ticker you instrumentality this beingness by its cervix and marque it yours is thing I volition everlastingly beryllium grateful for," Ian wrote successful portion connected Instagram astatine the time. "But to person you arsenic my parent is the top acquisition I could inquire for. To beryllium each that you are portion ever having the clip to beryllium there, emotion and enactment maine unconditionally is genuinely remarkable. The full marvel beingness ain't got s--t connected you, your the existent superhero! Love you mom!"
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