While many mourned Kobe Bryant’s death, Nia Long and her sister, Sommore channeled their tears closer to home with the death of their father. As the world is still in disbelief over Kobe Bryant and his daughter dying, Nia Long shared another death. At the age of 2, her parents divorced and she moved to Iowa City, Iowa with her mother where she studied fine arts.

View this post on Instagram The caption read, “RIP Daddy I love you forever.”“My sisters Lori [aka comedienne Sommore] and Djamila and I will miss him dearly and are so grateful to have been by his side as he transitioned into eternal peace,” she continued. Her family is of Trinidadian, Grenadian, Vincentian, and Bajan descent. She has an older half-sister, the actress and comedian known as Sommore. But, for those who don’t know, the two talented women have the same father – Doughtry “Doc” Long, a notable poet and author from Atlanta, GA. When I look at my life—and I’m going to be 50 this year—I can’t believe it. Our condolences go out to the entire Long family. “My father was a master of words, an educator, a mentor and a hero in his community; a poet with stories to tell about the Black experience in America.

I learned more about him by being in Trenton for a week, just putting the whole thing together than I never knew.

I could not stop crying. Her family is of Grenadian, Trinidadian, and Bajan descent. This week, Nia Long posted a video of her father on social media. My life is in California.

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They did spoken word and some of his past students came. Doughtry “Doc” Long, a notable poet and author died on Monday and drove his daughters to pay tribute to him on social media. Her father, Doughtry “Doc” Long, the poet, and also father of Sommore, has died. And he was such an icon in the community and did so much for so many of those kids, living down there. I’m an adult. Nia Long’s father has passed. Nia Long is … Because sometimes, what a person can’t do for their own children, they do for the world.

In the clip, her father sweetly smiles with an emoji crown placed on this head. Tonight, Nia Long shared some sad news to the public. To commemorate Father's Day, and as a special tribute to her beloved father, Long shared one of the last photos they had taken together on Instagram. I was really proud of him. He died on January 27. And I’m okay with that if that meant that I had to share him.”Recently, in promotion of her new film “The Banker” and an upcoming Netflix project with Omar Epps, called “Fatal Affair,” Long spoke about her relationship with her father when he was alive and now that he’s gone.“I lost my father recently. Loved jazz music and good food. Long was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Talita Long (née Gillman), a teacher and printmaker, and Doughtry Long, a high school teacher and poet. “I love you Daddy…forever.”Although he taught creative writing and literature at Trenton Central High School, he was well-known for his poetry and became a Trenton Poet Laureate. Nia Long is mourning a loss that hit close to home. A rep for the actress confirmed to ESSENCE that she lost her beloved father, Doughtry “Doc” Long. The 49-year-old actress shared the news on social media. See what she had to say in an interview with Charlemagne below.So had my parents stayed together, I may have still been an actress, but I don’t think it would have happened as quickly as it did in my life and I don’t think I would have been a part of the era that really helped to define Black cinema. Nia Long & Sommore Are REAL SISTERS But THIS Is Why We NEVER See Them Together Posted On : December 12, 2016 By now, most people know actress Nia Long and comedian Sommore are biological sisters. He is a poet, a writer, a photographer, just a renaissance man. And I feel more free and alive than I have in the last ten years because I have understanding and I’ve forgiven myself for not forgiving people sooner in my own life or forgiving my father for things that he was unable to do.

This year Father's Day was a bitter-sweet celebration for "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" actress Nia Long, who lost her father in January 2020. He was in Trenton. Nia Long is an American actress. He wasn’t afraid to raise his fist in solidarity for everything Black and proud,” Long began.Condolences for the Long family are pouring in on Instagram from celebrities, including Tia Mowry-Hardrict, Snoop Dogg, Tyrese and Gabrielle Union, who wrote in a comment, “I’m so sorry mama.”Long also took to Instagram to remember her father by posting a photo of him smiling and wearing a crown.

A rep for the actress confirmed to ESSENCE that she lost her beloved father, Doughtry “Doc” Long. Nia Long is mourning a loss that hit close to home. But my point is when you get to this age, it’s a beautiful time in my life because I can actually put everything in perspective and now it all makes sense.

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