Rickey Smiley's Son Brandon Dies At 32; Comedian Shares Heartbreaking Video

Comedian Rickey Smiley shared the tragic news of his son comic Brandon Smiley's death. Brandon, who was also a comedian like his father, was 32 years old. The cause of death has not been revealed.

The 54-year-old comedian disclosed the heartbreaking news Sunday morning via Instagram. "I just had bad news this morning. I'm on the way to the airport to get to Birmingham. I just want everybody to pray for me, pray for our family," Rickey said in the video. "My son, Brandon Smiley, has passed away this morning."

The comedian further shared that now he can understand what his grandfather would have felt when his father died.

"Now I see what my granddaddy went through and why he felt the way he felt," Rickey said. "My granddaddy went through this s--t with my dad and somehow, here I am going through the same thing my grandparents went through. So just pray for our family."

"I lost my oldest son #BrandonSmiley this morning," Rickey captioned the video. "I'm okay, but please pray for my son's mother Brenda, his siblings and his daughter Storm."

Film producer Yandy Smith wrote in the comments, "My God💔💔💔 I pray over this man, this family. Please comfort them the only way you and your angels can. I pray for peace over their spirits. God hold them all at this time ❤️."

Singer Marvin Sapp commented, "Praying for you," while singer Kandi Burruss wrote, "Oh no! I'm so sorry for your loss. I love you & Im praying for you!"

Musician Jonathan McReynolds, author Joseph W. Walker III, rapper Headkrack, comedian Mike Epps and many more celebrities shared their condolences.

In a separate post on the same day, Rickey also shared a three-year-old video of his son performing stand-up comedy on stage.

Rickey has four kids - Brandon, Aaryn, Malik and D'Essence. The tragic news of Brandon's passing comes two and a half years after the comedian's daughter, Aaryn was shot multiple times over the Fourth of July weekend in 2020.

The comedian shared details of the incident at that time, revealing that Aaryn was on her way to Whataburger in Houston to pick up food when she was suddenly and unintentionally shot. Aaryn went through an operation following the gun violence and survived.