CNN correspondent Rene MarshThe 2-year-old son has lost his battle with cancer.
On Thursday, April 15, the journalist took to Instagram to share an extensive tribute to it Blake, who died on April 14 after being diagnosed with brain cancer in December 2019. She added a carousel of photos capturing the child over the years.
“To my dear, dear Blake aka ‘Blakey’,” she wrote. “In your 25 months on Earth, you taught me how much power I had stored in reserve that I didn’t know I had. You taught me endurance. You taught me a depth of love that I have never experienced. You inspired me to “Keep going when I wanted to give up. You helped me prioritize what’s really important in this life.”
Rene, who welcomed Blake with husband Kedric Payne in March 2019, further wrote that her son’s special abilities include ‘hugging and kissing on demand’ in addition to ‘premium’ dance moves.