Ric Flair’s Stepson Dead At 24

WWE Corridor of Famer Ric Aptitude‘s stepson, Sebastian Kidder, has died by suicide on the age of 24 on Saturday (October 26), his mom, Wendy Barlow, confirmed to TMZ Sports activities on Sunday (October 27).

“I’m devastated and shocked. That is an epidemic along with your younger males. And psychological well being,” Barlow stated. 

Aptitude, who had beforehand misplaced his son, Reid, from a previous marriage in 2013, shared a prolonged put up in tribute to Kidder on his Instagram account Sunday.

“I Have Spent Hours Questioning What To Say. After Listening to The Information Of Sebastian’s Passing, I Can Solely Think about What Wendy @thewonderouswendy & Paul Are Going Via Having Misplaced A Son Roughly The Identical Age In 2013,” Aptitude wrote. “I Know The Ache Of Your Loss Will Be With You The Relaxation Of Your Life. I Nonetheless Each Day Of My Life Assume About Reid As You Will Proceed To Assume About Sebastian. You Can’t Blame Yourselves As I Blamed Myself For Making Reid My Greatest Pal As an alternative Of Being A Good Mother or father. Typically We Get So Shut To Our Children, We Overlook That They Want Us In So Many Completely different Methods. I’m So Grateful For The Time I Had With Sebastian.

“I Have So Many Nice Reminiscences & Bonding Time With Him As He Grew Up! He Stood Tall By His Mom Alongside With The Entire Household- Sophia, Paris, And Summer time, Whereas I Was Dying. He Was So Unselfish Sharing His Mom With Me As I Was Dying. And Additionally, At The Passing Of My Son Reid. He Was Multi-Gifted & In All people’s Eyes A Enormous Success And Will All the time Be Remembered That Manner. I’m So Sorry! Wendy, Please Keep Robust & Don’t Let Something Deter You From All Your Profitable Endeavors You Have In Place In The Future. God Bless You Each! Relaxation In Peace Sebastian! 🙏🏻 @sebastianonthemic.”

A police investigation was launched after Kidder was reported to have died from a gunshot wound on Saturday on the household’s house in Georgia. Aptitude, who not too long ago introduced that he and Barlow have been splitting up after six years of marriage, had been a part of Kidder’s life previous to his 2018 marriage to his mom, who had beforehand labored as his valet in WCW throughout the early Nineties.

Kidder was a musician who had launched his debut album ‘Underneath the Moon’ and appeared on Good Day Atlanta selling the album earlier this yr.

“[The album was inspired by] numerous ache, numerous struggling, numerous crying in a nook and simply hoping that phrases come out. No, I’m kidding,” Kidder stated through Us Weekly. “It’s truly very romance-filled, [that] might be the core of the album. A variety of sexual vitality [and] there’s numerous lust in there, so one thing that folks can relate to, for positive.”

For those who or somebody you already know is susceptible to suicide please name the U.S. Nationwide Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255, textual content HOME to 741741 or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/sources for added sources.