Beckett Cypheridge, Melissa Etheridge’s Son, dead at 21

Beckett Cypheridge, Melissa Etheridge’s 21-year-old son, has died, a representative said during a tweet on May 13.

The message read, “We’re sad to tell you that Melissa’s son Beckett gave up the ghost and there’ll not be a Concerts From Home show today.” At the time of writing, Beckett Cypheridge’s died thanks to opioid addiction. His mother said during a statement:

Today I joined the many thousands of families who have lost loved ones to opioid addiction. My son Beckett, who was just 21, struggled to beat his addiction and eventually succumbed thereto today. He are going to be missed by those that loved him, his family and friends. My heart is broken.

I am grateful for those that have reached out with condolences and that i feel their love and sincere grief. We struggle with what else we could have done to save lots of him, and within the end we all know he’s out of the pain now. i will be able to sing again, soon. it’s always healed me.

– Melissa.

Amid the coronavirus quarantine, Melissa Etheridge, 58, had been offering guitar tutorials through social media also as performing gigs on Facebook live.

Here’s what you would like to know:

1. Beckett Cypheridge’s Sperm Donor Was David Crosby

 

Melissa Etheridge and family attend Melissa Etheridge’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Induction Ceremony on September 27, 2011 in Hollywood, California.

Cypheridge was born to Melissa Etheridge and filmmaker Julie Cypher in November 1998. The couple had another child, a daughter, Bailey Jean, 23, who was born in February 1997. The sperm for the Beckett and Bailey Jean Cypheridge was donated by music legend David Crosby. Cypher and Melissa Etheridge split in September 2000.

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The l. a. Times reported in 2001 that Etheridge and Cypher bought back-to-back houses in order that they might share custody of their children. In 2019, Etheridge told The Sidney Morning Herald that the connection between her and Cypher “didn’t end well.”

Etheridge has two other children, twins Miller and Johnnie Etheridge, with actress Tammy Lynn Michaels.

In a February 2000 interview with Rolling Stone, when Beckett Cypheridge was 1-year-old, his singer mother remarked, “Beckett looks a bit like David, doesn’t he?” that very same year, Melissa Etheridge and Crosby appeared on hour to talk about their family. Melissa Etheridge said, “I don’t believe that my children are going to be wanting in any way because they didn’t have a father within the home every single day. What they need within the house is two loving parents. i feel that puts them before the sport .”

 

 

 

 

Melissa Etheridge has joked within the past that she considered asking Brad Pitt to be the sperm donor. Crosby has said that he received permission from his wife, Jan, to donate the sperm.

2. Cypheridge Said on His Facebook Page That He Was performing at a resort in Colorado

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According to Cypheridge’s Facebook page, he worked at The Westin Snowmass Resort in Snowmass Village, Colorado. Cypheridge says that he had been performing at the resort since November 2017. Online records show that Cypheridge lived in Littleton, Colorado, at a time.

On his profile, Cypheridge said that he studied at Colorado Mountain College’s Aspen campus. Cypheridge graduated from Fusion Academy highschool in Woodland Hills, California. He also attended Highland Hall in l. a. .

3. Melissa Etheridge Said during a 2017 Interview That She Was Smoked Weed together with her Grown-Up Kids

 

Melissa Etheridge said during a 2017 interview with Yahoo that she regularly smoked with weed with Beckett and Bailey Jean. The singer said, “It was funny initially , then they realized it’s very natural [at the] end of the day. It brings you much closer. I’d much rather have a smoke with my grown kids than a drink.” Bailey Jean graduated from Columbia University in May 2019 and worked as an intern on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.

Happy birthday to my son Beckett, I am so proud of him…17!!! How did that happen? 🎶🎶happy birthday🎶🎶

— Melissa Etheridge (@metheridge) November 18, 2015

Etheridge has been a pro-legalization marijuana activist since she began medicinally using the drug following her stage 2 carcinoma diagnosis in October 2004. within the Yahoo interview, Etheridge added, “My family, all four of my children, understand cannabis. They call it medicine.”

4. David Crosby Said in 2015 That He Didn’t See Bailey & Beckett the maximum amount as He would really like

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In a March 2015 tweet, David Crosby was asked how often he sees Bailey and Beckett Cypheridge. The singer replied, “Not the maximum amount as I’d like. quite I expected.” Another fan asked Crosby what his relationship was like with Bailey and Beckett. Crosby replied by saying, “I love them.”

Crosby said during a July 2019 interview with Closer Weekly that the thing he was most pleased with was his children. Crosby added, “I don’t parent Bailey and Beckett, the 2 with Melissa [Etheridge and her ex-partner Julie Cypher], but I do love them. Beckett’s somewhere in Colorado and Bailey just graduated from NYU today.”

5. Melissa Etheridge’s Friends are Offering Their Condolences via Social Media

Etheridge performs at the 2018 National Geographic Awards at GWU Lisner Auditorium on Flag Day , 2018 in Washington, DC. The award ceremony was a part of the week-long National Geographic Exlorers Festival.

As news of Melissa Etheridge’s son’s death spread, friends including Rosie O’Donnell and George Takei tweeted their condolences. O’Donnell wrote, “all my like to melissa etheridge on the loss of her beautiful boy beckett … no words #onlylove.” Takei tweeted, “My heart is heavy for Melissa Etheridge, whose son Beckett Cypher has died at the young age of 21. Nothing is harder than a parent losing their child. We are with you, Melissa.”

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