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Marlon Wayans Mourns The Death Of His Mother Elvira, The Comedy Family Matriarch

Marlon Wayans Mourns The Death Of His Mother Elvira, The Comedy Family Matriarch

The Wayans crew are mourning the loss of the matriarch of their family, Elvira Wayans.

Marlon Wayans confirmed in an Instagram post on Thursday that his mom has passed away. She was 81.
He also revealed how heartbroken he is to share this news on his birthday, but yet grateful.

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Happy birthday me… i would ask God “why me”? Why am i suffering? But that would be ungrateful. God i trust you. I trust your design. You’re the greatest architect. I don’t question you through this journey. On the other side of all this tragedy is victory. So i trust you. This is merely a journey to challenge me. You’re not breaking me, you’re making me. And in these moments i thank you most. I’ve lost so much but I’m shedding skin. The old me is being put through fire to come out of this better than ever. I know great things are ahead of me. I’m not a victim I’m a hero being challenged to find my greatness. I’m being challenged to find my smile in the worst of times because if i can smile through this then that means my smile is permanent. So God i thank you, i love you, I’m grateful for the simple things like life in general. I woke up today 48 years old looking 20 something. I woke up today so grateful for my friends, my family, my fans. Thank you for cutting my grass so i can all the snakes. There were many. Thank you for the gift of awareness. You can’t trust everybody. So thank you for all of my family, thank you for my children, thank you for their mother, thank you for my friends…. my REAL FRIENDS that love protect and rescue me from pain. You taught me it’s okay to cry, to hurt, to not be okay in moments and gave me the strength to climb out the ditch of pity. You taught me i need to protect myself, my heart, my energy, my purpose. I’m excited for all the great things ahead but I’m grateful for the lessons. That’s life. We have to listen to you when you whisper if not we endure hard lessons. But God I’m most grateful for this permanent smile. Thank you for the fire. Kiss my mom for me. Tell her that her baby boy misses her and i feel her presence more now than ever. So thank you God… a biblical man understands that every man’s journey to triumph involves devastation. I’ll always walk toward the light because i know that light is you. So with that happy bday me. I’m just fucking grateful

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Elvira was married to Howell Stouten Wayans and they had 10 children together — Keenen, Damon, Shawn, Marlon, Kim, Nadia, Dwayne, Elvira, Deidre, and Vonnie.
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Sending condolences to the Wayans family.

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