Iyanla Vanzant announces the death of her youngest daughter

Our thoughts are with Iyanla Vanzant today. The speaker, life coach, writer and tv personality announced on July 30 that her youngest daughter had died. Her team shared the painful news on social media.

“It is with great sadness that we announce the retirement of Nisa Vanzant, youngest daughter of our beloved Iyanla Vanzant,” reads the message asking for prayers. “Please respect her and her family’s privacy at the moment. Thank you.”

Nisa’s exact age is unknown, but she could be 49 this 12 months. No cause of death was given, however it could have been unexpected because Iyanla at a celebration the day before the tragedy and was in an excellent mood.

Unfortunately, this shouldn’t be the first time Vanzant has experienced a loss of this magnitude. Her followers know her story and the death of her eldest daughter Gemmia, who died on Christmas Day 2003 at the age of 30. She had a rare form of colon cancer. Years later, after Gemmia’s death and her life completely turned the other way up (including the end of her marriage, financial and profession problems) to back on course, the brave character spoke about how A Significant Moment modified her perspective and compelled her to take a look at the positive side of things in difficult times.

“I survived it. I experienced the death of my daughter, which, you already know, I take into consideration each day once I open my eyes as a mother. It’s indescribable that you might have to bury your child. And I managed to survive it,” she said NPR in 2009.

“She had the opportunity to take her last breath in the house she bought, surrounded by individuals who loved her. And I feel that mattered greater than her automobile in the driveway or my automobile or my house. What’s the point – her death taught me that what really matters,” she continued. “So a 12 months and a half later, once I had to provide up my home, I said that is home, and my daughter gave her life. It’s not an arm or an eye fixed. And even when it were, if I only had one hand, I might write with the other. You only have one eye, be careful for the other one, and you’ll be able to only jump on this thing with one leg, get it?

“Because if you are still here and if you have the opportunity and the opportunity to continue to do good and be good and live more, you want to do it,” she added. “It was a house, it wasn’t a heart or a kidney. Will I get one other one or not.

In addition to his two daughters, Vanzant also has a son.