Keisha Nash Whitaker
The tragic cause of death of Forest Whitaker’s ex-wife
Forest Whitaker and his then-wife Keisha Nash Whitaker at an awards ceremony in March 2014.
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Keisha Nash died in December at the age of just 51: the cause of death has now been determined.
At the beginning of December, actress Keisha Nash Whitaker (1972-2023) died at the age of just 51. Now the cause of death has become public. As the celebrity portal “TMZ” reports, the ex-wife of Hollywood star Forest Whitaker (62) died of alcohol-related liver disease.
According to the document available to the portal, she suffered from the disease for years before ultimately dying from it. In addition, acute kidney failure – a symptom of anorexia – contributed to her death. According to the death certificate, Keisha Nash died in hospital in Los Angeles. It is also noted there that she worked as a model in Hollywood for 15 years.
This is how Keisha Nash Whitaker’s death became known
On Instagram, one of her daughters shared with Forest Whitaker, True Whitaker (25), made her mother’s death public in December. “Farewell mom. I love you forever and beyond,” True, 25, wrote alongside a black and white photo of her mother. “The most beautiful woman in the world…Thank you for teaching me everything I know. I will see you in my dreams and I will feel you in my heart.”
Forest Whitaker and Keisha Nash met in 1994
Forest Whitaker and Keisha Nash are said to have met on the set of the 1994 film Blown Away. She is said to have been cast in the role of Whitaker’s character’s girlfriend. Whitaker proposed to the actress and producer a year after they met. Keisha Nash and he finally married in 1996 in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
In addition to daughter True, the two also have daughter Sonnet Noel (27). Both also brought a child into the marriage from previous relationships, he a son named Ocean (33) and she a daughter Autumn (32).
In 2018, the Whitakers’ marriage fell apart
Forest Whitaker filed for divorce from Keisha Nash in December 2018 after 22 years of marriage. According to US media reports at the time, in his application he cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the separation.