Sylvester Stallone, John Travolta, Eric Clapton, Mike Tyson ... All these people are rich, successful and famous. But all of them are united by impassive mental pain - pain from losing a child ...
In our review there are celebrities who survived the most terrible tragedy imaginable - the loss of their beloved children.
John and Jacqueline Kennedy
Of the four children of the famous couple, two died in infancy. Their eldest daughter Arabella was born stillborn. The youngest son of John and Jacqueline, who was called Patrick, lived only two days and died from a respiratory distress syndrome of newborns. In 3 months his father died ...
Irina Bezrukova
In 2015, the actress lost her only son, Andrei. With the young man there was an accident: he was alone in the apartment, fell and hit his head on the tiled floor. Irina together with her husband Sergey Bezrukov was on tour in Irkutsk at that moment. Concerned that the son does not get in touch for 24 hours, Irina called her friend and asked her to come to her house. When the door to the apartment was hacked, Andrei was already dead ... He was 25 years old.
Prince
Prince's only son was born in 1996. At birth, a boy, who was named Boy Nelson, was diagnosed with a rare and practically incompatible with life genetic disease - Pfeiffer type 2 syndrome. A week later the child died. Prince had no more children.
Keanu Reeves
In 1999, the actor and his girlfriend Jennifer Syme expected the birth of their first child. They knew that they would have a girl, and already came up with a name for the baby - Ava Archer. But hopes for a happy future were not to be realized. A week before the birth, the girl died in the womb, and Jennifer had to give birth to a dead child ... After that, the woman was never able to recover. She began to abuse alcohol and drugs and died in a car accident just 1.5 years after she lost her daughter.
Keanu Reeves was so shocked by these two tragedies that he never married again and did not have children.
Mia Farrow
Mia Farrow is Hollywood's mother of many children. She brought up 14 children, 10 of whom were adopted. Unfortunately, her three children are no longer alive; two daughters died in 2000 and 2008, and the son Farrow adopted in India died from injuries sustained as a result of a car accident.
John Travolta
Jett, the son of John Travolta and actress Kelly Preston, died at the age of 16 due to a head injury he received after falling in the bathroom of the Travolta family's house in the Bahamas. Arriving at the place physicians could not save the boy's life.
John Travolta still can not put up with the death of his son, with whom he was incredibly close:
"My son was everything to me. For 16 years that we were together, he taught me unconditional love. Life is short. Children, spend time with your parents. Parents, spend time with children ยป
Dmitry Pevtsov
Daniil, the eldest son of Dmitry Pevtsov, was incredibly like his father and dreamed of following in his footsteps. The young man graduated from the theatrical school and began working at the "Theater of the Moon". Probably, a brilliant future awaited him, but everything was crossed out by a ridiculous accident ... On August 25, 2012, during the party, the 22-year-old Daniil went out with his friends to the balcony, where he began to swag, and as a result fell down from the height of the third floor. The young man was taken to the hospital, but he could not be saved. September 3, the heart of Daniel stopped beating.
After this tragedy, Dmitry Pevtsov went head-to-head with work, and later he admitted that in the 50 years of his life nothing worse had happened to him than the death of his son.
Mike Tyson
In 2009, a tragic accident led to the death of the little daughter of the famous boxer Mike Tyson named Exodus. The four-year-old girl suffocated, tangled in a cord from the treadmill. The baby was taken to the hospital, where, hardly knew about what had happened, her father also arrived. Unfortunately, the child could not be saved. The Exodus died in the hands of an inconsolable boxer.
Love Uspenskaya
In the first marriage, 19-year-old Love Uspenskaya gave birth to twin sons. Both of them died: one during childbirth and the other at the age of two weeks ... The singer believes that their death was a punishment for the abortion, which she made at the age of 16. Then she too was pregnant with twins ...
O. Jay Simpson
The infamous footballer lost his small daughter Aaron in 1979. The baby drowned in the pool, before reaching the age of two. Later, Simpson did not mention this tragedy in any interview, but his entourage claims that the pain of loss is still alive ...
Eric Clapton
In 1991, a terrible tragedy overtook musician Eric Clapton. His four-year-old son Connor from the Italian model Laurie del Santo fell out of the apartment window on the 53rd floor. The musician was experiencing this grief, but he hid all his feelings and emotions inward:
"When Laurie screamed into the phone that Connor fell out of the window, I did not feel anything. It seemed as if everything had burned down inside me ... At the funeral, her family accused me that I, a cold Englishman, did not utter a tear "
All the pain of losing his son turned into the song "Tears in Heaven" - one of the most famous in the work of Clapton.
Sylvester Stallone
July 13, 2012 from a heart attack died the oldest son of Sylvester Stallone. The death of 36-year-old Sage was sudden and led his parents into a state of shock. Sergio was always cheerful and cheerful, just about to be held his wedding ....
Elena Proklova
Twins Helen Proklova died almost immediately after birth.
"Little boys died when they saw the white light. I could not regain consciousness for a year and a half. It was a terrible blow. I was trampled, demoralized, devastated "
Later, already from another husband, Elena gave birth to a son who lived only 8 days. The next pregnancy of the actress ended in a miscarriage at a later date. Elena Proklova believes that the deaths of all her children - this is a punishment for the fact that she was practically not involved in the education of her eldest daughter Arina:
"It took four children's lives, so I reconsidered my life ..."
Elena Zakharova
In 2011, actress Elena Zakharova lost her only daughter Anna Maria. The 8-month-old girl died from an acute viral infection. Everything happened quite suddenly: the girl got fever, and Elena called a pediatrician at home. The doctor diagnosed a common cold, but after a few days the baby's condition deteriorated. She was taken to the intensive care unit, but, unfortunately, Anna Maria could not be saved ...
Already 9 days after the death of her daughter, Elena Zakharova, not wanting to be alone with her grief, came on the scene.
Roman Zhukov
In 2012, as a result of an accident, the daughter of musician Romana, 5-year-old Elizabeth Victoria, died. During the walk in the playground, she fell under the swing and suffered a head injury. The girl was taken to the hospital, but she could not be saved. Four days after the death of Elizabeth Victoria, her sister Victoria-Elizabeth was born.
Anna Nicole Smith
20-year-old Daniel died on September 10, 2006 - just 3 days after his famous mother gave birth to his sister Dannilinne. It happened right in the hospital room where Anna Nicole was. The cause of the death of a young man was an overdose of drugs.
Anna Nicole survived her beloved son for only 6 months. She died as a result of an overdose of antidepressants.
Valentin Gaft
Valentin Gaft had his only daughter Olga from the ballerina Inna Eliseeva. It seemed that the girl was developing well. She was a professional dancer, she was a soloist of the Kremlin ballet. However, her mother, known for her heavy and violent temper, made her daughter's life unbearable; she controlled every step of her, made scandals on the level ground. After another quarrel, left alone in the apartment, Olga, 29, hanged herself. She left two suicide notes, in which she accused both parents of her death.
Vladimir Kuzmin
A terrible grief befell the musician Vladimir Kuzmin twice. In 2002, his 24-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, was killed. In the heat of quarrel, her boyfriend hit the girl with a knife. And in 2009, the 26-year-old son of musician Stepan died. A fire broke out in his apartment, and, trying to escape, he climbed up to the cornice to get into the neighbors' apartment. However, to stay on the cornice the young man could not and fell down from the height of the 18th floor.
Oprah Winfrey
His only son, Oprah Winfrey, who grew up in a dysfunctional family, gave birth at the age of 14. Almost immediately after birth, the child died. Oprah had never had more children.
Svetlana Svetlichnaya
Svetlana's younger son Oleg died at the age of 33 under mysterious circumstances. The actress suspects that her son's death was violent. However, Svetlichnaya's eldest son, without giving a specific reason for his brother's death, refutes this version.
Asher
July 7, 2012 adopted son Asher and the son of his former wife Tameki Foster during a rest on the lake in Atlanta was hit by a jet ski. An 11-year-old boy was diagnosed with brain death. On July 21, with the consent of Asher and Tameki, the child was disconnected from life support devices.
Gerard Depardieu
The eldest son of the famous actor, Guillaume, who became an actor, like his father, died at the age of 37 from viral pneumonia. Guillaume always had a difficult relationship with his father; they constantly scandalized and conflicted, although the character was very similar: both temperamental, prone to adventure and reckless. According to the close associates of Depardieu, after the death of his son he had a long depression, he still does not like to remember the tragedy.