Keyshia Cole’s Biological Mom Dead at 61- Get to Know Her Life Story & Relationship with Daughters

Though Keyshia Cole did all she might to assist her mother get sober, she just lately handed away from a drug overdose. Cole even went broke making an attempt to help Frankie Lons’ battle with dependancy.

R&B singer Keyshia Cole’s coronary heart shattered in items after her organic mom, Frankie Lons, died as a consequence of a drug overdose on her birthday. She had simply turned 61 years outdated. 

In response to Lons’ son, Sam, she handed away at her Oakland dwelling on July 18, 2021. She supposedly took medicine in the midst of her birthday celebration, relapsing as soon as once more (and for the final time) in her years-long battle with dependancy.

Frankie Lons and Keyshia Cole on the 2006 BET Hip-Hop Awards in November 2006 | Photograph: Getty Photos

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Sam used to verify on Lons every day as he tried to assist her keep sober. After her passing, Sam urged individuals to recollect his mom as a loving mother who wished her youngsters to be collectively.

Elite Noel, Cole’s sister, additionally identified that seeing her mother in a body bag the identical day she was purported to rejoice her born day was the worst ache ever. 

It is very important level out that in March 2020, it was reported that Lons hit an vital milestone in her street to sobriety: 60 days with out utilizing medicine.

FRANKIE LONS’ ADDICTION

For years, Keyshia Cole documented her mom’s makes an attempt to remain sober for good. Again in 2016, she defined that her aunt Beatrice was additionally making an attempt to assist. 

Within the now-deleted Instagram submit, Cole shared together with her followers that Frankie Lons was gaining weight, doing good, sounding “even higher,” and surrounding herself with positivity.

Aside from thanking Beatrice, who “used to run the streets” together with her mom after they had been youthful, Cole admitted she had been unsuccessfully making an attempt to get her mother’s life again on observe for years. The singer added: 

“[I] even went broke as soon as placing all my cash and home as much as pay for mothers rehab. Nothing has labored on my finish. However my aunt has not given up!!!!” [sic].

Keyshia Cole and Frankie Lons’ relationship was fascinating, particularly as a result of the singer didn’t develop up together with her organic mom. When Cole was youthful, her organic mother and father, together with dad Virgil Hunter, gave her up for adoption. 

Thankfully, household pals Leon and Yvonne raised her, and she or he reconnected together with her mother and father as an grownup. On the time, Cole had already made a reputation for herself within the music trade.

[Cole] most likely didn’t absolutely perceive [Lons’] dependancy and what she was going by way of.

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Cole’s followers observed that issues began to complicate in 2017 after the singer shared on Twitter how frustrated she was about Frankie Lons’ dependancy. 

In response to Cole, she instructed her mom she was afraid to lose her to her dependancy, however Lons simply responded, “you’ll be aight” [sic]. Cole added that no amount of cash might replace her mom. 

The “I Ought to Have Cheated” singer wrote that what her mother mentioned broke her coronary heart, particularly as a result of she couldn’t image leaving her baby behind and simply suppose that they’d be alright.

Cole admitted that though she couldn’t think about a mom saying what Lons mentioned, she additionally acknowledged that she most likely didn’t absolutely perceive Lons’ dependancy and what she was going by way of.

Then, in 2018, Cole shared a throwback video of her mom having a enjoyable time with different members of the family and wrote within the caption that her coronary heart broke just a little extra each time Lons relapsed. 

For the time being, Keyshia Cole remains to be making an attempt to deal with Lons’ dying whereas elevating her two kids, Daniel and Tobias. The singer defined she didn’t anticipate her mom would die so quickly. Relaxation in peace, Frankie.