Kyle Richards introduced Saturday that her finest good friend Lorene Shea died on Could 1 after a battle with psychological sickness. She was 52.
“I by no means imagined I’d be posting one thing like this …that is my finest good friend Lorene … my finest good friend since I used to be 7 years outdated. My different half,” the “Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills” star captioned a collection of pictures on Instagram of the pair as kids and adults.
Richards, 53, wrote that she and Shea “spoke each day” and “did all the pieces collectively,” from dropping their child enamel in elementary faculty to having infants of their very own.
“She was form, considerate, humorous, good, lovely , sentimental… A very powerful factor on the earth to her was being Mother, spouse, daughter, sister, aunt & good friend (canine Mother too),” she continued.
The Bravolebrity advised her 3.8 million social media followers that “not that way back,” Shea had “began to undergo from debilitating melancholy.”
“She had all the time been a cheerful individual. How did this occur?” she wrote. “All who liked her rallied round her and did all the pieces that may very well be achieved to get her assist. However the system is damaged. The system made it unimaginable to get her the assistance she wanted. This previous Sunday we misplaced Lorene. The system failed her! The system failed her family members who are actually left in insufferable ache.”
Richards vowed to “do no matter it takes to strive & assist change the legal guidelines which can be in place that forestall folks from getting the assistance they want.”
She concluded her put up, “I like you Lorene 💔 🙏 Relaxation In Peace Please maintain her & her family members in your ideas & prayers,” including numerous hashtags about psychological well being.
The “Halloween” actress’ half-sister and “RHOBH” co-star Kathy Hilton wrote within the feedback part that she was “speechless” over the loss.
“I liked her very a lot such a candy pleased individual. I simply can’t imagine it,” Hilton, 63, added. “I understand how misplaced you feeling eel [sic] proper now simply know what an exquisite good friend and sister you had been to her and she is going to all the time be with you. She will probably be your guardian angel. I like you a lot and it breaks my coronary heart to observe undergo. All you are able to do is be there for youngsters and household and pray. 🙏😇❤️.”
“Actual Housewives” together with Cynthia Bailey, Dina Manzo, Melissa Gorga, Garcelle Beauvais and Crystal Kung Minkoff additionally despatched their love.
Should you or somebody is affected by any of the problems raised on this story, name the Substance Abuse and Psychological Well being Providers Administration (SAMHSA) at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
