Rickey Smiley son

Comedian Rickey Smiley announced Sunday that his oldest son Brandon Smiley has died, in a raw message shared via social media channels.

“I just don’t know what to do, I can’t think,” said Smiley, who went on to refer to the death of his father. I’m about to go get on a flight and try to get to Birmingham … “I just want everybody to pray for me, pray for our family.

I just had bad news this morning,” Smiley said in a video posted on social media.

Smiley said that his daughter, Aaryn, was "going to be fine" as he was headed to Houston to be with her. In 2020, Rickey said that his daughter was hospitalized after being shot in Houston while on her way to Whataburger to get something to eat. " I’m on my way to the airport to get to Birmingham. "Rickey Smiley’s son Brandon passed away today," Former NBAer Earvin Magic Johnson also tweeted. May God bless the family." I want everybody to pray for me, pray for our family.

We're extending prayers to Rickey Smiley after he shared in an emotional video that his son Brandon Smiley has died.

I want everybody to pray for me, pray for our family. “I’m on my way to the airport to get to Birmingham. “I just had bad news this morning,” said Smiley in an Instagram video.

Brandon Smiley, son of actor and comedian Rickey Smiley, has died. Smiley shared the "bad news" in an Instagram video Sunday.

"I love you (and) I’m praying for you!" "My granddaddy went through this (expletive) with my dad and somehow, here I am going through the same thing my grandparents went through. "Now I see what my granddaddy went through and why he felt the way he felt," Smiley said. "I just want all my cousins and different family members to pray, be strong, and I’m OK," Smiley said. Smiley did not specify his son's cause of death nor give his age. "My son Brandon Smiley has passed away this morning."