Almost a year and a half after losing her nephew River,
who died of “total organ failure” at 11 months old, actress Sharon Stone experienced more heartbreak.
Unfortunately, her brother Patrick, 57, died of heart attack in the early hours of Sunday morning in Pennsylvania.
Stone took to Instagram on Monday to confirm the news reports of her brother’s passing, posting photos of herself and Patrick as a sweet tribute.
“RIP my brother Patrick Joseph Stone,” the Basic Instinct star captioned her post.
Patrick’s wife, Tasha, also took to Instagram to share her devastation over her husband’s sudden death.
“My heart feels like it’s been ripped out of my chest. Patrick went to be with our sweet River around 3:30 this morning.“
She continued: “He gave me 3 beautiful children that he loved and adored.
“He made sure to make it a point to let me know how much he loved me and how much I meant to him… I knew the very first day that I saw him that I was going to marry him. I felt an immediate connection to him and for 20 years we drove each other absolutely crazy but we also loved each other so deeply. I feel lost without my best friend.”
Tasha added that her only comfort was that Patrick’s last days were filled with joy.
“What if I am meant to carry the memory of our near perfect day so that I can smile and feel love when I think of him and he was able to take the memories with him knowing without a shadow of a doubt that he was immensely loved.
“I don’t want to accept that though even if that is the purpose of his passing. I wanted a lifetime with him and even though 20 years is a long time it wasn’t enough time. He was my soul mate. We just got each other even at our ugliest.”
Back in 2011, when River left this world a month prior to his first birthday, Stone revealed that the thing that helped them most during the times of grief was the fact that River’s organs helped save three lives.
“The fact that my godson was able to save three lives, two infants and a 45-year-old man was sanctuary for our family,” she told People at the time.3
“I can only say that you never, never know when a tragedy will happen in your life or in your family, but this opportunity be an organ donor, it saved us, saved our family.