Tyrese Gibson, an American rapper and actor, has announced his mother, Priscilla Murray Gibson, has died of COVID-19 and pneumonia.
The “Fast and Furious” star uploaded a devastating video of himself holding his mother’s hand in her hospital bed as he said his farewell with tears in his eyes.
He expressed himself as follows:
“This is the darkest moment of my life, on behalf of my family and everyone who has ever spent time praying for my mother……….. “My dear Valentine went away just a few days ago…….”
“May the Lord Jesus Christ and his angels open the gates of heaven and embrace her……. We as a family are crushed and can’t understand what has happened……. May the Lord Jesus Christ bless you in your journey with him and welcome you into the heavens…….”
“From now on, it’ll be business as usual.”
“From now on, I ask that you HOLD MY HAND MOTHER and never let go……….. Like you held my hand as a child and a teen, never let my hand go mother,” Gibson, the youngest of four siblings, said.
Gibson also expressed gratitude to famed jazz musician Kenny G, who performed “Forever in Love” for Gibson and his mother during an Instagram Live when they were in the hospital.
“Kind regards, @kennyg I’ll never forget what you did for our dear mother when you sent her to the heavens with the most beautiful tune “he penned “I’m going to watch this clip over and over again to remind myself that you sent her to the heavens on the loveliest Melodies…”
The 43-year-old actor and singer had been asking his fans for prayers for his mother throughout her hospitalization.
He first shared on Instagram that she was in a coma and hospitalized in the ICU on Feb. 5.
“My mother is in a coma, in ICU, with Pneumonia and she caught Covid they got her so sedated she can’t breathe or even eat on her own,” he wrote. “I need prayers the most sincere prayers from you prayer warriors…. Hold on mother I’m there by your side in a few days….. God is able to do things, he’s pulled you OUT of a coma before….. Oh God I seen the light things have been going so well…. Now this…”
He later shared that he received heartbreaking news upon arriving at the hospital.
“The Doctor sat in this chair and just broke my heart by telling me there’s pretty much nothing else that can be done to turn things around,” he wrote. “I paused, and in my most sincere voice I asked him…. You ever heard of a man name Jesus Christ? Nothing is impossible for him…… Ha paused and couldn’t respond…!!”
Tyrese also posted a photo of himself holding his mother’s hand.
“Keep fighting mother………,” he wrote. “Please mother, we need You…….”