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- King’s 26-year-old son Ian Alexander Jr. died in January 2022. “Grief is a journey,” King said, adding “I know that it’s important to me to honor Ian in the totality of who he is, speak about him in the present, because he is always with me and the joy and happiness that he gave all of us.” Watch the interview above.
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In a conversation that aired Thursday on "Good Morning America," the Oscar-winning "If Beale Street Could Talk" star, 53, said she has not been the same since her son Ian Alexander Jr. died...
Jan 21, 2022 · Regina King Calls Son Ian Alexander Jr. “A Bright Light” Following His Death at 26. The 'If Beale Street Could Talk' actress released a statement Friday following the death of her...
Mar 14, 2024 · King, who won an Oscar in 2019 for If Beale Street Could Talk, told Roberts that after years of therapy, son Ian told her, “I’m tired of talking, Mom.”
Mar 14, 2024 · Dec. 12, 2018. Two years away allowed King to mourn and come to terms with her son’s death. The “If Beale Street Could Talk” star told Roberts, “I respect and understand” Alexander’s decision...
- Alexandra Del Rosario
- Staff Writer
- alexandra.delrosario@latimes.com
If Beale Street Could Talk is a 1974 novel by American writer James Baldwin. His fifth novel (and 13th book overall), it is a love story set in Harlem in the early 1970s. The title is a reference to the 1916 W.C. Handy blues song "Beale Street Blues", named after Beale Street in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee.
- James Baldwin
- 1974
Jan 7, 2019 · When Regina King won the Golden Globe for her work as mother Sharon Rivers in If Beale Street Could Talk, she touched on its impact with a brief observation from her own son, Ian: “My son said...
If Beale Street Could Talk is a 2018 American romantic drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins and based on James Baldwin's 1974 novel of the same name. It stars an ensemble cast that includes KiKi Layne , Stephan James , Colman Domingo , Teyonah Parris , Michael Beach , Dave Franco , Diego Luna , Pedro Pascal , Ed Skrein , Brian Tyree ...
