At the age of 70, Rihanna‘s father, Ronald Fenty passed away in Los Angeles following “a brief illness,” and reliable sources told the Barbadian Starcom Network that the family was with the patriarch around the time of his death.
Currently pregnant with her third child, Rihanna was born to Fenty and mother Monica Braithwaite in February of 1988. And, along with brothers Rajad and Rorrey, Rihanna also has three half-siblings from her father’s previous relationships – sisters Samantha and Kandy, and brother Jamie.
The Fenty clan grew up in Bridgetown, Barbados, where the superstar singer/entrepreneur lived until she was 16 years old. Her mother and father divorced in 2002, when the singer was 14.
Throughout the years, Rhianna’s relationship with her father has had its ups and downs over the years. When she was assaulted in 2009 by her then-boyfriend Chris Brown, Fenty supposedly spoke to the press about the incident without his daughter’s consent.
In 2010, Rihanna told Oprah that she had “repaired” her relationship with her father, yet in 2019 she sued him for allegedly exploiting her name for financial gain but filed to dismiss the lawsuit three weeks before it went to court, according to the BBC.
At press time, Ronald Fenty’s official cause of death has not yet been revealed.
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Author: Saul Goode
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