Prayers: Eddie Levert, co-frontman of the legendary and iconic R&B group The O’Jays, is mourning another unimaginable loss with the passing of his 22-year-old daughter Ryan Levert. This is sadly the third child he’s mourned for, having previously lost sons Gerald Levert in 2006 and Sean Levert in 2008.
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On Sunday (December 22), reports began to surface about Eddy Levert losing his 22-year-old daughter Ryan Levert. The news was then confirmed by Carlysia Levert, the daughter of Eddie’s late son Gerald Levert. Carlysia shared several photos of Ryan on her Instagram Story, captioning a post, “Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers for my family. please send extra love up for my papa and nana.”
Carlysia also reposted an article from the Instagram page, The RnB Talk Show, which reported that Ryan Levert passed from a battle with lupus, an autoimmune disease that wreaks havoc on the body’s immune system, leading to widespread inflammation and damage to organs and tissues.
The family has not yet officially confirmed lupus as her cause of death, however, Ryan was pictured with her parents, Eddie Levert and wife Raquel Capelton at Lupus LA’s Hollywood Bag Ladies Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton on November 16, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California.
As mentioned, Eddie Levert has already lost two of his sons Sean Levert and Gerald Levert, the latter of which sang with Eddie and also in the R&B group LSG. Gerald passed away at the age of 40 in 2006 and Sean, Eddie’s younger son, passed away at the age of 39 in 2008. Eddie Levert shared sons Gerald and Sean with his ex-wife Martha Lee Levert, who passed in January 2020,and shared daughter Ryan Levert with wife Raquel Capelton. Eddie and Raquel also share daughter Kandice Levert.
In 2011, Eddie Levert discussed the loss of his two sons and told The Plain Dealer, “I wish I could tell you that I had a sense of why, but I don’t. I still wonder: Was it something I did? Maybe that’s why I’ve made so many changes in my life, to better myself and try to be a better father, a better husband, a better friend.”
He continued, “Maybe that’s the reason why: for me to come to a better place. But I can’t dwell on it. It becomes very emotional for me. I really miss them. It’s just hard. But I can’t get caught up in the fact that it wasn’t supposed to be like this, because it happened. And there was nothing I could do about it.”
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