FromSean “Diddy” CombstoBeyoncé, celebrities have flooded social media with tributes dedicated toKim Porterfollowing her sudden death on Nov. 15 at the age of 47.
“To my family, friends, Qrew, entertainment colleagues and all of my family’s supporters… Thank you for your endless love, condolences, best wishes and positive energy through the toughest heartbreak I will ever encounter. Please know that your wishes of strength have united us as a family closer than ever. Heaven has gained a special angel to look over ALL of us. From the bottom of my heart….Thank Y’all ♥️Quincy,” Brown captioned the pic.
At Porter’s elaborate funeral, which was held in Columbus’ Cascade Hills Church, Combs, 49,made a promiseduring his touching eulogy to always be there for Brown and his other children:Christian, 20, twins D’Lila Star and Jessie James, 11(his kids with Porter), and Justin, 24, and Chance, 12 (Combs’ children with exes Misa Hylton-Brim and Sarah Chapman, respectively).
Combs added, “To the girls especially, we about to enter some different type of times. I want you to be able to talk to me about everything, and I mean everything, and I mean everything.”
Kim Porter with Sean “Diddy” Combs and their children.Charley Gallay/Getty Images
Combs then went on to say that Porter will always be “irreplaceable” to him.
“Kim, we gonna miss you so much,” Combs said. “But I ain’t gonna miss you too much because I’m not gonna let your voice inside of me stop talking. I know you like to talk to me a lot once you get on those rants, and I just want you to know I’m gonna be listening.”
The couple began dating in the ’90s and had their children throughout their on-and-off-again relationship.
Combs and Porter broke up in 1999 and battled in court over child support for Christian; Combs also datedJennifer Lopezfor two years before he and Porter reconciled in 2003. They split for the final time in 2007.
Kim Porter and Sean “Diddy” Combs.Chris Polk/FilmMagic
In 2017, Combstold PEOPLEthat his children are all “really kind, great people.”
“They got a lot of love in their heart,” he said. “I’m the luckiest man in the world.”
Quincy Brown and mother Kim Porter in 2012.Martin Schalk/Getty
“I am broken…& the only thing that makes sense right now is that you were way too good for this silly world we live in,” Brown wrote in a caption that accompanied the image posted on Nov. 18. “I love you so much MOMMY. Please give Mee-Maw the biggest hug and kiss for me.”
Brown’s stepbrother Justin posted his own throwback tribute on Nov. 18 as well.
“This can’t be real I keep waking up hoping this is all a bad dream.. I just don’t understand,” he wrote. “The other day we were all together dancing & celebrating! My second mother, thank you for loving & accepting me as one of your own I will forever cherish all the special moments and talks we had together please stay close with us and let us hear your voice to guide us.”
On Nov. 15, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Porter’s death in a statement explaining that officers responded to a death investigation at 11:40 a.m. in Toluca Lake, California, where they found a female unresponsive at the residence.
Porter was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Kim Porter.Abel Fermin/REX/Shutterstock
In a statement released to theAssociated Presson Friday, Porter’s family remembered her as “a loving mother and devoted friend.”
source: people.com
