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‘So angry with God’: Regina King says she’s ‘a different person’ after son’s suicide

If Beale Street could talk star says sadness at death of son Ian in January 2022 ‘is a reminder of how much he means to me’

King’s son, Ian Alexander Jr, died January 2022 at the age of 26. “To have to experience this and not be able to have the time to just sit with Ian’s choice, which I respect and understand that he didn’t want to be here any more. King dedicated her upcoming biopic on Shirley Chisholm, the first Black women to serve in Congress, to her son.

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