The all-around performer, 52, opened up about how he and his family have been coping with the loss of Dixon, which Foxx said was “abrupt” and still very much an open wound for Foxx and his family as she was the “light” who largely kept the family close. Dixon was 36.
“You know what? We are getting along. Earlier, when it happened, it was so abrupt,” Foxx told “Extra” of the passing of Dixon, who was born with Down syndrome to parents Louise Annette Dixon and stepfather George Dixon in September 1984. “It was so much pain, man. My mother, my father, and my sister, they all live with me – it was so much pain.”
Jamie Foxx opened up about the challenges he and his family are facing following the death of his younger sister.
On Dec. 7, Foxx took to Instagram for an emotional message in which the actor disclosed that he and his family have been “hit with unimaginable hardships during this pandemic,” as the family continues to grieve the death of his sister DeOndra Dixon. She passed away on Oct. 19 at the age of 36.
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 23: Jamie Foxx attends American Black Film Festival Honors Awards Ceremony at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 23, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/WireImage)