Entertainment

29 December 2023

•No parent should ever bury a child.

• May the souls of these kids rest in perfect peace.

The recent news of Singer Nazizi losing her son has shocked many.

Her last born died on Christmas day after falling off a building during a vacation in Tanzania.

This has shed light on different celebrities silently battling child loss.

Below are celebs who have lost kids.

Nazizi

Rapper Nazizi is the latest celebrity to lose a child.

In a family statement issued by Nazizi and her close associate Wyre, the young Jazeel passed away on December 25th in Tanzania following an accident at the facility his parents were staying at.

He was later flown to Nairobi and laid to rest on December 26 per his religion.

“It is with profound sorrow and deepest heartache that we confirm the tragic passing of Jazeel, the beloved son of Nazizi Hirji on Christmas Day, December 25th, 2023, in Tanzania. We lost this young soul in an unfortunate accident at a hotel where the family was staying. He was buried earlier today in Nairobi, in accordance with his religion,” read part of the statement.

Nazizi went on to ask the general public and the media to accord her and her family some privacy as they mourn the death of her son.

Davido

Nigerian artist Davido and his partner Chioma lost their son to drowning in 2022.

Baby Ifeanyi drowned in the family pool and was underwater for a while before he was discovered and rushed to the hospital.

He has just celebrated his 3rd birthday.

Christiano Ronaldo

Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo and their girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez were expecting twins in 2021.

Sadly in April 2022, they lost their son as they welcomed a daughter.

"It is with our deepest sadness that we announce the passing of our baby boy. It's the greatest pain any parent can feel," the couple wrote on Instagram.

Only the birth of our baby girl gives us the strength to live this moment with some hope and happiness.

We would like to thank the doctors and nurses for all their expert care and support. We are all devastated at this loss and we kindly ask for privacy at this very difficult time. Our baby boy, you are our angel. We will always love you." Announced the couple.

Mike Okinyi

The TV host lost his son at the tender age of four in 2015.

Twani who was to turn 5 years before his death succumbed to complications from sickle cell anemia.

Sicily Kariuki

The family said Wendy Muthoni ‘Noni’ passed on at the Nairobi Hospital in 2020.

The deceased, who was a second-year Law student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), had been hospitalized for two weeks.

SK Macharia

John Macharia who was the son to the Royal Media founder died while receiving treatment after he was involved in a road accident along the Southern bypass.

Aunty Jemimah

Gukena FM presenter Jemimah lost her daughter

Auntie Jemimah announced that she lost her newborn daughter immediately after birth.

She lost her daughter to gestational diabetes.