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The “Red Solo Cup” singer was a father to three children with his wife, Tricia Lucus. The singer adopted Tricia’s first daughter, Shelley, after the two wed in 1984. The pair then welcomed their first child together, Krystal, in September 1985. Their third child, a son named Stelen, was born in April 1997.
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Krystal followed in her father’s footsteps, pursuing a career in music.
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She concluded, “Until then, he will watch over us and walk beside us. Every sunset (and he LOOOOVED his sunsets) is a reminder that he wants us to live our best life and do good in the world. So that’s exactly is what we will do. ❤️”
He captioned the post: “A whole year without my hero. Here’s to one day having more of these nights. Love you dad 🤍”
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Reflecting on his character, the “Faithfully” singer says his son was “absolute life” and “the biggest personality in our family.”
“He was always grateful to us, always saw us, never discounted us,” he recalls. “I’m so grateful for that. There wasn’t a distant relationship. Sure, we had rubs, he was a wild child… God loves the wild ones. And I believe that with all my heart.”
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“It’s walking through this and getting to a point where you can breathe again and live again,” he says.
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About a year ago, he tells PEOPLE his therapist encouraged him to take up a creative endeavor.
“He was like, ‘Well, what do you enjoy?'” says Melvin of his therapist inthis week’s cover story. “I was like, ‘What do you mean what do I enjoy? I jog. I play golf. I’m not very good.’ He’s like, ‘Well, what about making something with your hands?’ I was like, ‘Ha ha. You don’t really know me.
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Today’s new co-anchorCraig Melvinmay have a very early start to his day (3:45 a.m. to be exact), but he always makes time to send a sweet message to his children as he heads to work.
“There are these things called Loveboxes,” he tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story. “Every morning in the car, I send them a message, and they lift the top of the box and they can read the message from dad that particular morning.