Jamie Foxx’s sister Devendra Dixon has died at the age of 36


Foxx posted a series of photos of her and her sister to go with the emotional post.

“My heart is torn into a million pieces … My beautiful loving sister Deondra is infected … I say infected because she will live forever … Anyone who knew my sis … knew it That it is a bright light .., “Fox wrote. “I can’t tell you how many times she had parties at home where she came on the dance floor and stole into the show.”

Dixon was known for his admiration for singer Chris Brown, and his brother jokingly said that when it came to dancing, he “gave his boyfriend @CrisBrownFicial a run for his money.”

“Well, I know she’s in heaven now and dancing with her wings … when my pain is incredible when I think about all the great memories she left me … my family … and her friends, “He wrote.

Foxx also noted that she had joined him in their craft, from dancing in a music video to attending a Grammy for her solo “Blame It”.

Fox wrote, “Deondra, you have left a hole in my heart … but you will fill it with all the memories you have given me … I love you with every ounce of my life,” Fox wrote. “Our family is shattered but we will put those pieces back with your love … and you please keep my family in your prayers …”

Fox also wrote in her post that her sister was an ambassador for the Global Down Syndrome Foundation.
The organization honored Dixon in a post on its site in which “the Global Down Syndrome Foundation’s highest honor, the Quincy Jones Exceptional Advocacy Award, was inspired by Deondra and was its first recipient. The obscure, magnetic people they ever visited. “

“Her parents, Annette and George Dixon, brother Jamie Foxx, sisters Dedra Dixon, nieces El Nielis and Corinne, dear friend Kim, and a large extended family, are out to reassure, and we tell you that during this difficult time you respect their privacy. Help give, ”read the tribute. “For Global, we have lost our talented, intelligent, feminine, beautiful, kind, loving, caring, pure and heartfelt, Deondra Dixon. Our Down Syndrome community has lost a glimmer of hope, a true leader and role model, whose There is a purpose. It was always to help others. It was a bright light in our world. “

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