WWE Icon Ric Flair's Stepson Sebastian Kidder Dies by Suicide at 24

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Ric Flair's household is successful mourning

The WWE icon's stepson Sebastian Kidder has died. He was 24.

His parent Wendy Barlow, the wrestler's ex, confirmed to TMZ that her lad died by termination Oct. 26.

“I americium devastated and shocked," she told the outlet successful comments posted Oct. 26. "This is an epidemic with your young men. And intelligence health."

Wendy besides announced Sebastian's passing connected societal media, sharing 1 of his last photos, a selfie, which helium had himself posted connected his ain page the time helium died.

"There are nary words to explicit the symptom I americium feeling from the nonaccomplishment of my Baby @sebastianonthemic," she wrote connected Instagram. "Mommy Loves you."

Sebastian, whose ma played "Fifi the Maid" alongside Ric astatine World Championship Wrestling (WCW) events, grew up successful the Atlanta country and is 1 of 4 siblings. He was a stone instrumentalist and had released his archetypal medium successful July.

He told Fox 5 Atlanta the erstwhile period that the grounds incorporates "a batch of pain, a batch of suffering," positive romance, intersexual vigor and lust.

Wendy had expressed her pridefulness successful her son's philharmonic milestone.

"I anticipation everyone volition springiness the acquisition of listening to my lad @sebastianonthemic euphony connected his Birthday," she wrote connected Instagram astatine the time, sharing a pic of herself with Sebastian. "I americium truthful Proud of him pursuing his Dreams. It’s not casual opening yourself up to the World. Please spell to Spotify, Apple Music etc and cheque retired his caller medium titled Under the Moon."

Sebastian dropped his archetypal euphony video, "Goth Girl astatine Bar," successful June. Both his ma and Ric, who announced their divided aft 13 years successful September, promoted it connected their societal media pages.

During the TV interview, Sebastian  besides talked astir increasing up with the WWE Hall of Famer, 75, whose existent sanction is Richard Fliehr.

"Growing up with Ric arsenic a stepdad, it was precise different, precise unique, that's for sure," Sebastian said. "You spell retired for a household repast and you're conscionable surrounded by fans and you're already exposed to that astatine an aboriginal age, everybody coming up, wanting pictures, autographs, worldly similar that."

The vocalist added, "I mean, what kid has Post Malone coming implicit to the location and having meal with the family? Darius Rucker pulled up with his large circuit autobus 1 time."

Sebastian really got his commencement successful the amusement concern arsenic a kid actor. "When I was 10 years old, I started arsenic the treble for Carl connected The Walking Dead," helium told Fox 5 Atlanta. "That was truly the stepping chromatic close there. I fell successful emotion with it, and present I am."

Ric, a begetter of four, has not publically commented connected Sebastian's death, which comes much than 11 years aft his and ex-wife Elizabeth Harrell Fliehr's lad Reid Flair, besides a wrestler, died astatine property 25.