Actress Keisha Nash, who got married to actor Forest Whitaker from 1996 until 2018, has died.
She was 51.
Whitaker and Nash’s daughter, True Whitaker, broke the news of her mother’s demise in an Instagram Story she shared Thursday. A reason behind her demise was not immediately revealed.
Goodbye mom. I love you forever and further more,” True, 25, wrote in a caption over a black-and-white picture of her mom. “the most beautiful mother in the world… grateful for the lessons you have taught me mom, you will be missed everyday by your beloved daughter. Ily mommy…
I’ll see you in my dreams and I’ll feel you in my heart. True also shared a picture of her mom with lyrics from soul vocalist Donny Hathaway’s song “A Song For You playing over the image.
A representative for Whitaker did not suddenly respond to media request for comment Thursday. Nash’s passing was confirmed by her family to Deadline.
Whitaker and Nash first encounter on the set of the 1994 movie Blown Away after she was cast to play Whitaker’s role’s girlfriend, per CBS News. Whitaker proposed the following year and the duo tied knot in 1996 in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Including to True, the duo also share daughter Sonnet Noel, 27.
Whitaker also has an elder son who’s name is Ocean, 33, while Keisha has Autumn, 32, both from past connection.
Whitaker filed for divorce from Nash after 22 years of wedding in December 2018 and cited irreconcilable differences in his petition, as per to documents obtained by media.
A Massachusetts-based magazine titled Northshore identified Nash as a graduate of Lynn Classical High School in Lynn, Mass., in a 2008 article.
Nash was also the creator of Kissable Couture, a luxury cosmetics line she began with makeup artist A.J. Crimson.
“I’ve always been very ambitious,” she stated O, The Oprah Magazine in 2008 about her work for the brand. “When my kids were younger, I attempt to began a clothing line for kid. However you have to be really committed to a new business, and at that time I was more aimed on being a mom.
In a 2009 interview with Parade, Whitaker stated of his wife, “really, my wife is much stronger with the children than I am. They come to me when they’re attempting to slip something by.
I have to always take a pause, when they come and say, ‘Hey Dad, is it OK if we do this?’ So I just look at them like, ‘Have you talked to your mother about that?’ They know I’m the easy one.” RIP.