{"id":113322,"date":"2024-07-22T17:31:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T17:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/22\/doubling-down-with-the-derricos-star-dead-deon-confirms\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T17:31:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T17:31:38","slug":"doubling-down-with-the-derricos-star-dead-deon-confirms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/22\/doubling-down-with-the-derricos-star-dead-deon-confirms\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Doubling Down With the Derricos&#8217; Star Dead, Deon Confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The midst of a shocking divorce, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/06\/deon-derrico-breaks-silence-on-divorce-says-he-is-not-suicidal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deon Derrico<\/a> is dealing with more horrible news: the death of a loved one.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/07\/doubling-down-with-the-derricos-season-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Doubling Down With the Derricos<\/a> <\/em>star announced on July 20 that his nephew, who had guest starred on the show previously, had died just that week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The news is as heartbreaking as it was unexpected.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Full-Family-Standing-Deavan-Jihoon-Driscilla-Taeyang-jjj-copy-1024x636.jpg\" alt=\"Doubling Down with the Derricos scene\" class=\"wp-image-502111 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Full-Family-Standing-Deavan-Jihoon-Driscilla-Taeyang-jjj-copy-1024x636.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Full-Family-Standing-Deavan-Jihoon-Driscilla-Taeyang-jjj-copy-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Full-Family-Standing-Deavan-Jihoon-Driscilla-Taeyang-jjj-copy-768x477.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Full-Family-Standing-Deavan-Jihoon-Driscilla-Taeyang-jjj-copy-960x596.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Full-Family-Standing-Deavan-Jihoon-Driscilla-Taeyang-jjj-copy-1080x671.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Full-Family-Standing-Deavan-Jihoon-Driscilla-Taeyang-jjj-copy.jpg 1109w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Full-Family-Standing-Deavan-Jihoon-Driscilla-Taeyang-jjj-copy.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Life can be hectic on Doubling Down with the Derricos, considering all the kids involved.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-doubling-down-with-the-derricos-star-dead-deon-s-nephew-passes-away\">\u2018Doubling Down With the Derricos\u2019 Star Dead: Deon\u2019s Nephew Passes Away\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>On Saturday, July 20\u00a0 the <em>Doubling Down with the Derricos<\/em> star revealed that his nephew, Amani, died following a long battle with autoimmune hepatitis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy Family, friends, and fans\u2026.It is with great sadness that I #DEONDERRICO Announce the passing of my loving nephew Amani Barkley! Our family is devastated,\u201d the reality TV star wrote in an Instagram post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He reminded longtime viewers of the show that Amani was the son of his \u201clate brother Christopher S. Turner, and Stacey Dickey\u201d  In the fourth season of\u00a0<em>Doubling Down With the Derricos<\/em>, the family met Amani for the first time after a DNA test confirmed that he was related to Deon and and his mother, GG. Over the course of the season, the family\u2019s close bond and relationship grew and flourished. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C9ViB8OyPCp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>\u201cYou guys along with my family fell in love with him and in this short time we have built a bond with Amani, and merged our families forever!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post included a photo of Deon holding Amani\u2019s hand, seemingly sharing that he was with his nephew near the end.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the caption, he included information about making donations in lieu of flowers to the \u201cDeon Derrico and Marian Derrico Foundation,\u201d with the proceeds going towards families for liver transplant and cancer patients.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"930\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Karen-Derrico-Doubling-Down-With-the-Derricos-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Karen Derrico on TV\" class=\"wp-image-502547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Karen-Derrico-Doubling-Down-With-the-Derricos-copy.jpg 930w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Karen-Derrico-Doubling-Down-With-the-Derricos-copy-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Karen-Derrico-Doubling-Down-With-the-Derricos-copy-768x551.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"930\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Karen-Derrico-Doubling-Down-With-the-Derricos-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Karen Derrico on TV\" class=\"wp-image-502547 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Karen-Derrico-Doubling-Down-With-the-Derricos-copy.jpg 930w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Karen-Derrico-Doubling-Down-With-the-Derricos-copy-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Karen-Derrico-Doubling-Down-With-the-Derricos-copy-768x551.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Karen-Derrico-Doubling-Down-With-the-Derricos-copy.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karen Derrico is pictured here on an episode of her family\u2019s reality show.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-deon-s-ex-karen-pays-her-respects\">Deon\u2019s Ex Karen Pays Her Respects <\/h2>\n<p>Despite the pair being in the middle of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/06\/doubling-down-with-the-derricos-divorce-deon-and-karen-derrico-split-will-coparent-14-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">divorce<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/06\/karen-derrico-breaks-silence-on-shocking-divorce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Karen Derrico <\/a>also took to social media to pay her respects.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In fact, since June, she had been pushing for donations to a GoFundMe page in Amani\u2019s honor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the crowdfunding site, Amani had been battling the autoimmune disease since he was 14 years old. As a result, he needed multiple liver transplants. Amani received a liver transplant on June 2, which the family believed to be successful. Unfortunately, his body rejected the organ and he underwent his third and final transplant on June 15.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In her post on Instagram following his death, Karen Derrico shared a video filled with photos of Amani spending time with her 14 children with Deon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c#theDerricos #AmaniB #GonetooSoon Rest well Amani! Thank you for all your texts, calls, DM\u2019s, prayers, donations, and support! This is extremely devastating to our family, and we love each and everyone for all that has been done!,\u201d read the post.<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts go out to the whole family, especially Amani\u2019s only son he left behind. Tragic. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urls.grow.me\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaG9sbHl3b29kZ29zc2lwLmNvbS8yMDI0LzA3L2RvdWJsaW5nLWRvd24td2l0aC10aGUtZGVycmljb3Mtc3Rhci1kZW9uLWRlcnJpY29zLW5lcGhldy1hbWFuaS1iYXJrbGV5LWRlYWQv\/e\/*%7CEMAIL%7C*\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The midst of a shocking divorce, Deon Derrico is dealing with more horrible news: the death of a loved one.\u00a0 The Doubling Down With the Derricos star announced on July 20 that his nephew, who had guest starred on the show previously, had died just that week.\u00a0 The news is as heartbreaking as it was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-113322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}