Forest Whitaker’s Ex-Wife, Actress & Producer Keisha Nash, Dead At 51

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Actress

Keisha
Nash
has
passed
away
at
the
age
of
51.

Source:
Fairchild
Archive
/
Getty

Nash
was
married
to Forest
Whitaker
for
more
than
two
decades, from
1996
until their
divorce
in
2018.

Whitaker
and
Nash’s
daughter,
True
Whitaker,
was
the
one
to
confirm
her
mother’s
death.
She
posted
a
series
of
Instagram
Stories
on
Thursday
paying
tribute
to
her
mother,
though
a
cause
of
death
was
not
immediately
provided.

“Goodbye
mommy.
I
love
you
4ever
and
beyond,”
the
25-year-old
wrote
over
a
black-and-white
photo
of
her
mother.
“The
most
beautiful
woman
in
the
world…
thank
you
for
teaching
me
every
single
thing
I
know.
I’ll
see
you
in
my
dreams
and
I’ll
feel
you
in
my
heart.”

She
went
on
to
post
a
photo
of
her
mom
with
lyrics
from
soul
singer
Donny
Hathaway’s
song
“A
Song
For
You”
playing
over
the
picture.

Nash’s
family
confirmed
her
death
to

Deadline.

Related
Stories

Forest
and
Keisha
met
in
1994
on
the
set
of

Blown
Away.
In
a
2020
interview
with Essence,
Nash
revealed
that
she
had
already
seen
Whitaker’s
performance
in

A
Rage
in
Harlem
in
1991,
years
before
the
two
had
met.

“Right
away,
I
thought
Forest
had
a
gentle
soul
and
a
nice
spirit,”
she
said
at
the
time.

The
couple
tied
the
knot
in
Jamaica
in
1996.
Whitaker
filed
for
divorce
in
2018
citing
“irreconcilable
differences,”
according
to
multiple
reports.

Together,
the
couple
share
two
daughters,
Sonnet,
25,
and
True,
25.

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