Nick Cannon pays tribute to his late son
Father of 12 Nick Cannon has shared a sweet tribute to his son Zen, who died of brain cancer at five months old.
American media personality Nick Cannon has penned a sweet tribute to his and Alyssa Scott’s late son Zen Cannon.
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NICK CANNON HONOURS HIS LATE SON
In a post shared to his Instagram account on Saturday, 20 January, the father of 12 shared a heartwarming video of himself, together with Alyssa and their one-year-old daughter Halo, who they welcomed in December 2022.
In the clip, the family of three are seen walking and playing on the beach. In the caption of the cute video Nick pays tribute to and honour his late son Zen, who died two years ago of brain cancer.
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“Zen’s Light and presence shining over little miss Halo and Mommy and Daddy! What a beautiful day to remind us of all that there is a higher power and God’s Energy and frequency to keep us all going under his grace and mercy even in the midst of challenges”, Nick’s captioned his video.
Zen was only five months old at the time of his death.
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A BATTLE LOST TO BRAIN CANCER
According to Page Six, after Zen’s birth in July 2021, Nick shared that he noticed that Zen had a “nice-sized” head. It has also been reported that Zen had developed a cough, which forced Nick and Alyssa to take their newborn son to the doctor.
Shortly after this it was discovered that Zen had built up fluid built up in his brain, which turned out to be a malignant tumour.
The five-month-old then underwent emergency surgery to drain the fluid, but unfortunately his health took a turn for the worse after Thanksgiving that year.
In December 2021 Nick announced the death of his son. He added, “this weekend I made a valid effort to spend the most quality time I could spend with Zen. We woke up on Sunday … and [went] to the ocean … and then I had to fly back to New York for the show. By the time I got in the car and was headed to the airport, I had to turn around”, he tearfully noted.