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In addition to being an actor,Tom Sizemorewas a dad to twin sons, Jagger and Jayden, who were born in 2005.
His manager Charles Lago confirmed his death to PEOPLE which comes two weeks after the actor collapsed after having a stroke leading to the aneurysm. Since Feb. 18, he remained in critical condition in a coma and did not regain consciousness.
“It is with great sadness and sorrow I have to announce that actor Thomas Edward Sizemore (“Tom Sizemore”) aged 61 passed away peacefully in his sleep today at St Joseph’s Hospital Burbank,” his rep said in a statement.
Though Sizemore made headlines forhis acting career and legal troubles, he mostly kept his family life out of the spotlight. However, he did step out with his sons on various occasions as well as open up about them in interviews.
Learn more about Sizemore’s children and what he has said about fatherhood ahead.
Jagger and Jayden Sizemore
Sizemore was the father of two sons, twins Jagger and Jayden, who were born in July 2005. He shared the twins withhis ex Janelle McIntire. Though the twins were raised out of the public eye, he occasionally took them to events for his work.
In August 2012, the twins made a rare appearance with their dad as they attended the premiere of the stop-motion animated filmParaNormanand posed for a cute snapshot with their dad.
That same month, the twins were photographed attending a Los Angeles Dodgers game with their father at Dodger Stadium.
During an interview with The Reel Breakdown in 2012,Sizemore briefly opened up about his sonsas he discussed his role inCellmatesand howbeing three years soberhas affected his relationship with his kids.
“Fatherhood didn’t change me in the beginning very much. I was ill,” he admitted, in reference to his struggles with substance abuse. “And the boys were kept from me. In the last couple of years it’s been great. I try to stop and take a 10-second break and ask myself before I do something: One, is this going to improve my life for my children, or two, will there be a potential for something to go wrong here?”
In 2017,Sizemore gave an update on his sobriety, noting that his “life’s gotten a lot better” since giving up drugs. “It’s been a real chronicle, but I’ve got a long history of substance abuse, I was in a really bad place,” he told Daily Mail.
“I’m coming up on four years sober, it was really difficult, the first two years were miserable I thought I’d never smile again,” he admitted. “But I am smiling again, you’ve got to stick around until you feel better.”
source: people.com
