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tulipsandroses

(5,131 posts) Wed May 13, 2020, 10:44 PM May 2020

Melissa Etheridge's son, Beckett Cypher, dies at 21- due to opioid addiction

(CNN)Beckett Cypher, the son of Melissa Etheridge and her former partner Julie Cypher, has died, a representative for the singer told CNN. He was 21.

The singer mourned her son in a social media post on Wednesday.
"Today I joined the hundreds of thousands of families who have lost loved ones to opioid addiction," Etheridge wrote on Twitter. "My son Beckett, who was just 21, struggled to overcome his addiction and finally succumbed to it today. He will be missed by those who loved him, his family and friends."
She added: "My heart is broken."

[link:https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/13/entertainment/melissa-etheridge-beckett-cypher-dies/index.html|

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Melissa Etheridge's son, Beckett Cypher, dies at 21- due to opioid addiction (Original Post) tulipsandroses May 2020 OP

How sad. cate94 May 2020 #1

I Knew It Was Either Drugs Or Suicide sfstaxprep May 2020 #2

That is what I was thinking too. BigmanPigman May 2020 #8

How sad. smirkymonkey May 2020 #3

Poor kid. His parents picked voracious drug addict David Crosby to be the John Fante May 2020 #4

I remember wondering about that at the time he was born. Crunchy Frog May 2020 #5

I did, too. Mister Ed May 2020 #9

Just too sad for words. I can't even think of how terrible this is for them. marble falls May 2020 #6

That is sad RainCaster May 2020 #7

cate94

(2,816 posts)

1. How sad.

Reply to tulipsandroses (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2020, 11:02 PM

May 2020

sfstaxprep

(9,998 posts)

2. I Knew It Was Either Drugs Or Suicide

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Wed May 13, 2020, 11:04 PM

May 2020

You don't just drop dead at the age of 21.

BigmanPigman

(51,644 posts)

8. That is what I was thinking too.

Reply to sfstaxprep (Reply #2)

Thu May 14, 2020, 01:11 AM

May 2020

Addiction is often genetic and his dad, well....had well known substance problems. They have a daughter, Bailey, who was also fathered by David's sperm. I hope she didn't inherit the same disease.

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

3. How sad.

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Wed May 13, 2020, 11:16 PM

May 2020

He was just so young. I hate this addiction. It claims so many innocent lives.

John Fante

(3,479 posts)

4. Poor kid. His parents picked voracious drug addict David Crosby to be the

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Wed May 13, 2020, 11:21 PM

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sperm donor. I feel terrible for everyone involved, but that was not a good choice.

Crunchy Frog

(26,694 posts)

5. I remember wondering about that at the time he was born.

Reply to John Fante (Reply #4)

Wed May 13, 2020, 11:29 PM

May 2020

Whether the kid would inherit any of those tendencies from David.

Very sad.

Mister Ed

(5,945 posts)

9. I did, too.

Reply to Crunchy Frog (Reply #5)

Thu May 14, 2020, 05:23 AM

May 2020

I remember wisecracking to some friends at the time, "Well, all I can say is that any woman who decides to have a child made of David Crosby's genetic material has certainly earned the right to title her album 'Brave and Crazy'".

That's sure not funny now. I loved the magazine stories of their happy home, and somehow never believed it could end in tragedy, regardless of Crosby's genetic susceptibility to the illness.

marble falls

(57,397 posts)

6. Just too sad for words. I can't even think of how terrible this is for them.

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Wed May 13, 2020, 11:59 PM

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RainCaster

(10,938 posts)

7. That is sad

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Thu May 14, 2020, 12:05 AM

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