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 By way of Having Misplaced A Son Roughly The Similar 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 a substitute Of Being A Good Guardian. Generally We Get So Shut To Our Children, We Neglect That They Want Us In So Many Totally different Methods. I’m So Grateful For The Time I Had With Sebastian.
“I Have So Many Nice Recollections & Bonding Time With Him As He Grew Up! He Stood Tall By His Mom Alongside With The Complete 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-Proficient & In All people’s Eyes A Big Success And Will At all times Be Remembered That Method. 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 just lately introduced that he and Barlow had 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 through the early Nineteen Nineties.
Kidder was a musician who had launched his debut album ‘Beneath the Moon’ and appeared on Good Day Atlanta selling the album earlier this 12 months.
“[The album was inspired by] a variety of ache, a variety of struggling, a variety of crying in a nook and simply hoping that phrases come out. No, I’m kidding,” Kidder stated by way of Us Weekly. “It’s really very romance-filled, [that] might be the core of the album. Lots of sexual vitality [and] there’s a variety of lust in there, so one thing that individuals can relate to, for certain.”
Should you or somebody you recognize 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 extra sources.