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Rest In Peace: Rickey Smiley’s Son Brandon Smiley Passes Away At 32

<p>Actor and comedian <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;rickey-smiley-reveals-his-youngest-daughter-has-been-hospitalized-after-being-shot-over-the-weekend&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Rickey Smiley<&sol;strong><&sol;a> announced the passing of his son&comma; <strong>Brandon Smiley<&sol;strong>&comma; through a post on Instagram Sunday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The news shocked the public&comma; as Smiley shared the information with a heavy heart&comma; asking for prayers for himself and his family&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1225817879939031042" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Brandon Smiley was a fellow comedian and actor who appeared on his father&&num;8217&semi;s TV One show &&num;8220&semi;Rickey Smiley For Real&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He was 32 years old and is survived by his 3-year-old daughter&comma; Storm&comma; and his mother Brenda&comma; along with his brothers Malik&comma; 21&comma; and sisters D’Essence&comma; 25&comma; Taylor&comma; 22&comma; and Aaryn&comma; 21&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Ricky Smiley Announces Son Died On Instagram Video<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>In the post&comma; Smiley did not specify the cause of death but asked for people to pray for him and his family during this difficult time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I just had bad news this morning&comma;” said Smiley in an Instagram video&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m on my way to the airport to get to Birmingham&period; I want everybody to pray for me&comma; pray for our family&period; Our son Brandon Smiley has passed away this morning&period; Lord have mercy&comma; Jesus&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The grieving father&comma; 54&comma; added&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Pray for Brandon’s mother and his father Taurus and his sister Taylor&comma; and everybody&period; I hate to announce this&comma; but I just want to give it to you before you hear it in the streets&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CoAtICHLsuU" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also shared a meme that read&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;May your battles keep you near the cross&comma; may your struggles show that you need God&comma; May your battles end the way it should&comma; and MAY YOUR BAD DAYS PROVE THAT GOD IS GOOD&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;109917" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-109917" style&equals;"width&colon; 1093px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-109917 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;GettyImages-623572426-scaled-e1675057844477&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1093" height&equals;"798" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-109917" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Photo by Marcus Ingram&sol;Getty Images&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Brandon Smiley Seen Smiling On Instagram Hours Before Father Announced He Died<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Just hours before the news of his passing&comma; a video was shared on social media showing Brandon smiling and laughing alongside his partner Brooke Antonette&comma; who captioned the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CoAS8vegvh5&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">video saying<&sol;a>&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;He’s giving what’s supposed to be gave 🤣 Can’t wait to see what this year has in store for us&excl;&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The loss of Brandon Smiley has deeply impacted the entertainment community&comma; and our thoughts and prayers are with Rickey Smiley and his family during this difficult time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"109914" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;rickey-smileys-son-brandon-smiley-dead&sol;" data-secure&equals;"2a1d850594"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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