Ric Flair’s stepson Sebastian Kidder dies by suicide at 24

Ric Flair is mourning nan decease of his stepson, Sebastian Kidder, aft nan 24-year-old died by termination connected Saturday. 

His mother, Wendy Barlow, confirmed nan tragic news to TMZ and told nan outlet that nan family is “heartbroken” complete her son’s death.

“I americium devastated and shocked. This is an pandemic pinch your young men. And intelligence health,” Barlow said. 

Police are presently investigating aft Kidder died of a gunshot coiled connected Saturday day astatine nan family’s Georgia home.

Flair has not made immoderate nationalist comments astir Kidder’s death. 

Kidder is nan boy of Barlow and a erstwhile partner that she was pinch earlier marrying nan WWE fable successful 2018. 

Flair had been a portion of Kidder’s life earlier nan matrimony betwixt his mother and nan pro wrestler, according to TMZ, making love backmost astir a decade and a half. 

Flair announced past period that he and Barlow were splitting up.

Kidder was a musician and had released his first medium earlier this twelvemonth titled “Under nan Moon.” 

As portion of a promotional information for nan album’s release, Kidder appeared connected “Good Day Atlanta” wherever he discussed nan inspiration for nan album. 

“[The medium was inspired by] a batch of pain, a batch of suffering, a batch of crying successful a area and conscionable hoping that words travel out. No, I’m kidding,” Kidder said, according to US Weekly. “It’s really very romance-filled, [that] is astir apt nan halfway of nan album. A batch of intersexual power [and] there’s a batch of lust successful there, truthful thing that group tin subordinate to, for sure.”

During nan interview, Kidder besides explained that Flair had fixed him “a batch of advice.” 

Sadly, Kidder’s decease is not nan first clip Flair has mislaid a child. 

His boy Reid Flair died astatine nan property of 25 successful March 2013 of a supplier overdose aft being discovered successful a Charlotte edifice room.

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