Devastatingly, Charlie Murphy succumbed to leukemia eight years after the death of his wife, Tisha Taylor Murphy, who also passed away from ovarian cancer in December 2009. As MTV reports, the pair married in 1997 and had two children together. A statement from the family's publicist noted, "Tisha Taylor Murphy, wife of comedian and actor Charlie Murphy, passed away peacefully on Sunday with family at her side after facing the challenges of cancer for the past two years."
The statement concluded, "The Murphy Family appreciates all of the support they have received from friends and fans and requests privacy during this very difficult time." Charlie understandably took the loss of his wife, after a lengthy illness, hard, telling Tim Teeman in an interview that there were so many things he wished he'd had the opportunity to tell Tisha. "I didn't say I'm sorry," the comedian shared, noting, "Anybody you have a relationship with for 17 years ... there are things you say you don't mean."
Their son, Xavier, was just 10 when Tisha passed away but, after losing his own father at the same age, Charlie was able to get on a level with him and reassure his son it would be okay. However, as the "Black Jesus" star admitted to Vibe in 2010, "I'm not okay; you're never really okay you just learn to live with it. That's something monumental, losing somebody that close in your life."
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