Comedian Luenell shared a touching tribute on Instagram to her ex-husband, known to her fans simply as Mr. Rarely.
In a June 23 Instagram post, she revealed that her ex-husband passed away from a severe illness.
“No more breathing machines, no more needles, no more suffering. It’s over,” wrote Luenell in the post, accompanied by several images of her and Mr. Rarely celebrating the good times, including photos from when they tied the knot in June 2001. “Even though we were no longer legally married, we remained in each other’s hearts until the very end.
Luenell noted that she has “never been loved like this before, and I’ll probably never be loved like This again,” she wrote in the post. “But I had it. For one brief time in my life, I was complete. A wifey. A Bae.”
The tribute included photos of the couple celebrating the good times.
“Rest In Peace hubbie…..it was one Hell of a ride,” she added.
The devastating news arrived ahead of Luenell’s sold out Washington DC shows. She also has Las Vegas residency at Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club.
She previously opened up about her ex’s “serious illness” in a 2022 interview with EURweb.com and why she opted not to reveal too much about him or his health issues on social media.
“I keep him off social media,” Luenell shared at the time. “First of all, he don’t even have none of that. He don’t have no Facebook. He don’t have no Instagram.
In true Luenell fashion, she joked that she never mentioned his real name online, citing concerns about their criminal history.
“I don’t mention his name. Cause you know, we, both have a little bit of criminal background, you know, she laughed in the interview.