{"id":1231655,"date":"2022-01-22T13:37:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T18:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1231655"},"modified":"2022-01-22T13:37:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T18:37:32","slug":"actress-regina-kings-son-26-commits-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actress-regina-kings-son-26-commits-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Actress Regina King&#039;s Son, 26, Commits Suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Factress-regina-kings-son-26-commits-suicide%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1231655&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Jan. 22 (UPI) \u2014 Oscar-winning actress and filmmaker Regina King announced that her only child, musician and disc jockey Ian Alexander Jr., has died at the age of 26.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur family is devastated at the deepest level by the loss of Ian,\u201d King said in a statement Friday. \u201cHe is such a bright light who cared so deeply about the happiness of others. Our family asks for respectful consideration during this private time. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>King, 51, did not mention the cause of death, but her representative confirmed to NBC News on Saturday that he died by suicide.<\/p>\n<p>TMZ reported Alexander took his own life on his birthday Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19589754\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1972984-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19589754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1972984-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2107\" height=\"3000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Actress Regina King and her son Ian arrive at the premiere of the feature film \u201cDaddy Day Care\u201d on May 4, 2003 in Los Angeles, California. (Dan Steinberg\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19589762\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP435452452079.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19589762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP435452452079.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1516\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Regina King, left, and Ian Alexander, Jr. attend the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Charles Sykes\/Invision for the Television Academy\/AP Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alexander performed under the name \u201cdesdun\u00e9\u201d and his most recent single, \u201cGreen Eyes,\u201d was released Jan. 7.<\/p>\n<p>He often accompanied his mother at red carpet events for her TV and film projects. The pair also had matching tattoos. He had the Aramaic word for \u201cunconditional love\u201d on his shoulder and she has it on her arm.<\/p>\n<p>King was married to record producer Ian Alexander Sr. from 1997 to 2007.<\/p>\n<p>She is best known for her work in 227, Boyz N the Hood, Jerry Maguire, Ray, Southland, The Leftovers, If Beale Street Could Talk, Watchmen and The Harder They Fall. She also directed One Night in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>If you or someone you know is suicidal, call National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 22 (UPI) \u2014 Oscar-winning actress and filmmaker Regina King announced that her only child, musician and disc jockey Ian Alexander Jr., has died at the age of 26. \u201cOur &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1231655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1231655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1231655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1231655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1231655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}